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[SCOPED] Update Find/Replace in Files Options for VS 2022 (#13469)
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17 changes: 10 additions & 7 deletions docs/ide/reference/find-in-files-command.md
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Search files using a subset of the options available on the **Find in Files** tab of the **Find and Replace** window.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Support for this command was removed in version 16.5 of Visual Studio 2019, and restored in version 17.12 of Visual Studio 2022. If you use this command with versions 16.5-17.11, you might see an error message that says, *Command "Edit.FindinFiles" does not accept arguments or switches.*
> Support for this command was removed in version 16.5 of Visual Studio 2019, and restored in version 17.12 of Visual Studio 2022. If you use this command with versions 16.5-17.11, you might see an error message that says, *Command "Edit.FindinFiles" does not accept arguments or switches.* Some options have been changed in Visual Studio 2022.

## Syntax

```cmd
Edit.FindinFiles findwhat [/case] [/ext:extensions]
[/lookin:searchpath] [/names] [/options] [/reset] [/stop] [/sub]
[/text2] [/wild|/regex] [/word]
Edit.FindinFiles findwhat [/append] [/case] [/ext:extensions]
[/lookin:searchpath] [/options] [/reset] [/stop] [/sub]
[/regex] [/word]
```

## Arguments
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Required. The text to match.

## Switches
/append (new in Visual Studio 2022)\
Optional. Directs the results from the current search to be appended to previous search results.

/case or /c\
Optional. Matches occur only if the uppercase and lowercase characters exactly match those specified in the `findwhat` argument.

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/lookin: `searchpath`\
Optional. Directory to search. If the path contains spaces, enclose the entire path in quotation marks.

/names or /n\
/names or /n\ (not supported in Visual Studio 2022)
Optional. Displays a list of file names that contain matches.

/options or /t\
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/sub or /s\
Optional. Searches the subfolders within the directory specified in the /lookin:`searchpath` argument.

/text2 or /2\
/text2 or /2\ (not supported in Visual Studio 2022)
Optional. Displays the results of the search in the Find Results 2 window.

/wild or /l\
/wild or /l\ (not supported in Visual Studio 2022)
Optional. Uses pre-defined special characters in the `findwhat` argument as notations to represent a character or sequence of characters.

/word or /w\
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20 changes: 14 additions & 6 deletions docs/ide/reference/replace-in-files-command.md
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## Syntax

```
Edit.ReplaceinFiles findwhat replacewith [/all] [/case]
[/ext:extensions] [/keep] [/lookin:searchpath] [/options] [/regex]
[/reset] [/stop] [/sub] [/text2] [/wild] [/word]
Edit.ReplaceinFiles findwhat replacewith [/all] [/append] [/case]
[/ext:extensions] [/lookin:searchpath] [/options] [/preserveCase]
[/regex] [/reset] [/stop] [/sub] [/word]
```

## Arguments
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Optional. Replaces all occurrences of the search text with the replacement text.

/append (new in Visual Studio 2022)

Optional. Directs the results from the current search to be appended to previous search results.

/case or /c

Optional. Matches occur only if when the uppercase and lowercase characters exactly match those specified in the `findwhat` argument.
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Optional. Specifies the file extensions for the files to be searched.

/keep or /k
/keep or /k (not supported in Visual Studio 2022)

Optional. Specifies that all modified files are left open.

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Optional. Displays a list of the current find option settings and does not perform a search.

/preserveCase (new in Visual Studio 2022)

Optional. Preserves the original casing of each match in your code.

/regex or /r

Optional. Uses pre-defined special characters in the `findwhat` argument as notations that represent patterns of text rather than the literal characters. For a complete list of regular expression characters, see [Regular Expressions](../../ide/using-regular-expressions-in-visual-studio.md).
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Optional. Searches the subfolders within the directory specified in the /lookin:`searchpath` argument.

/text2 or /2
/text2 or /2 (not supported in Visual Studio 2022)

Optional. Displays the results of the replacement in the **Find Results 2** window.

/wild or /l
/wild or /l (not supported in Visual Studio 2022)

Optional. Uses pre-defined special characters in the `findwhat` argument as notations to represent a character or sequence of characters.

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