Find and replace text in one file using text from another

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How do I read a file into a dictionary? time to read the Wiki...

@DanThomas

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sed, awk, someday, someday

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Edit: Found this script by @Tom , did a quick test and seems to work exactly as needed.

Search and replace for multiple text items within a variable?

You could use a dictionary for the search and replace pairs. This way, when you have new ones, just add them to the dictionary. You can also use a JSON-formated external source. For example: [02-pty-fs8] [demo] Search and Replace from Dictionary.kmmacros (4.2 KB) Input: [30-pty-fs8] Output: [25-pty-fs8] Not sure if it is this you are looking for. Edit 2020-01-29: Corrected an error in a regex.

Edit 2:
Also just added this plugin to read a file into a JSON Dictionary plugin, and avoid bogging KM down:

KM Dictionary as Plist

[image] Overview Action: This action will either take the contents of a Keyboard Maestro dictionary and save the data to a file; or read the contents of a file and import those data to a Keyboard Maestro dictionary. The file can be of either Plist or JSON format. Input: Either a full path to the file is supplied, or a path to a folder. The latter is preferable, as the filename will be automatically determined using the name of the dictionary—supplied in the field labelled Dictionary—and the…