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Command

In computing, replace is a command that is used to replace one or more existing computer files or add new files to a target directory. Files with a hidden or system attribute set cannot be replaced using replace. The command lists all files that are replaced.

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History

The replace command first appeared in MS-DOS 3.22 and has been included in most versions of MS-DOS and compatibles such as FreeDOS3 and PTS-DOS.4 DR DOS 6.0 includes an implementation of the replace command.5 The FreeDOS version was developed by Rene Ableidinger and is licensed under the GPL.6 It is also included as a console command in IBM OS/2,7 Microsoft Windows,8 and ReactOS. The ReactOS version was developed by Samuel Erdtman and is licensed under the GPL.9

Example

The following command updates the files in C:\delivery\ with the .exe files from C:\source\

C:\>replace "C:\source\*.exe" C:\delivery

See also

Further reading

  • Cooper, Jim (2001). Special Edition Using MS-DOS 6.22, Third Edition. Que Publishing. ISBN 978-0789725738.
  • Dyson, Peter (1995). Mastering OS/2 Warp. Sybex. ISBN 978-0782116632.
  • John Paul Mueller (2007). Windows Administration at the Command Line for Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470165799.
Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Guide to Windows Commands

References

  1. Replace - Windows CMD - SS64.com https://ss64.com/nt/replace.html ↩

  2. Wolverton, Van (2003). Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1812-7. 0-7356-1812-7 ↩

  3. "FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Group - FreeDOS Base". Ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2022-09-08. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/group-base.html ↩

  4. "PTS-DOS 2000 Pro User Manual" (PDF). Buggingen, Germany: Paragon Technology GmbH. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-05-12. http://download.paragon-software.com/doc/manual_dos_eng.pdf ↩

  5. DR DOS 6.0 User Guide Optimisation and Configuration Tips https://www.4corn.co.uk/archive/docs/DR%20DOS%206.0%20User%20Guide-opt.pdf ↩

  6. "FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Package - replace (FreeDOS Base)". Ibiblio.org. 2001-03-25. Retrieved 2022-09-08. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/replace.html ↩

  7. "JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands". www.jatomes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130029/http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php ↩

  8. Microsoft Windows XP - Replace https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490988(v%3dtechnet.10) ↩

  9. "Reactos/Replace.c at master · reactos/Reactos". GitHub. 3 January 2022. https://github.com/reactos/reactos/blob/master/base/shell/cmd/replace.c ↩