There are a lot of great search and replace tools out there. In particular I've been a fan of the tools put out by Jan Goyvaerts. While these tools do a lot there are times where all you need is a basic search and replace with the added zest of regular expressions. If that's what you are looking for try this VB Script:
Option Explicit
Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
If WScript.Arguments.Count <> 3 Then
WScript.Echo "Syntax: SearchReplace.vbs " & _
""
WScript.Quit
End If
Dim fileSystemObject
Set fileSystemObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim textFile
Set textFile = fileSystemObject.OpenTextFile(WScript.Arguments(0), ForReading,
False)
Dim fileContents
fileContents = textFile.ReadAll
textFile.Close
Dim regularExpression
Set regularExpression = New RegExp
regularExpression.IgnoreCase = True
regularExpression.Global = True
regularExpression.MultiLine = True
regularExpression.Pattern = Replace(WScript.Arguments(1), "!quot;", """")
fileContents = regularExpression.Replace(fileContents,
Replace(WScript.Arguments(2), "!quot;", """"))
Set textFile = fileSystemObject.OpenTextFile(WScript.Arguments(0), ForWriting,
False)
textFile.Write(fileContents)
textFile.Close