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PilotEdit 2.8

PilotEdit is a powerful file editor.
1. The file size supported by PilotEdit is unlimited
>Edit files larger than 4GB.
>Download/upload files larger than 4GB through FTP.
>Encrypt/decrypt files larger than 4GB.
>Compare files larger than 4GB.
2. UNICODE files and DOS/UNIX files are fully supported by PilotEdit
>Change encoding of multiple files from one kind of encoding to another.
>PilotEdit will adjust text encoding automatically when you copy/paste between files of different encodings.
3. Self-defined file types and key words high-lightening
>PilotEdit supports more than 20 kinds of file types.
>Define your own file types.
>Define different TAB and indent for different file types.
For example, a user may input TAB for C/C++ and four blanks for Java by presses "TAB".
4. HEX mode
>Input, delete, cut, copy and paste in HEX mode.
>Find/replace in HEX mode.
>Automatically detect file encoding when you change from HEX mode to text mode.
>Endless undo/redo in both HEX mode and text mode.
5. Column mode
>A char input through keyboard will be inserted into all the selected lines in column mode.
>A single-line string pasted will be inserted into all the selected lines in column mode.
>Multiple-line text pasted will be inserted into the selected lines line by line in column mode.
6. Endless undo/redo
>You may undo/redo even after you switch between text mode and HEX mode.
7. Word wrap
>Word wrap is fast even when you are editing a huge file.
8. Edit FTP files
>Open/save as FTP files.
>Delete multiple FTP directories and files.
>Upload/download multiple FTP directories and files.
9. Multiple-line find/replace
>Find/replace multiple-line text.
>Find/replace multiple-line text through regular expression.
10. File comparison and merging
>Compare two directories.
>Compare and merge two open files.
>Edit file directly in the comparison window.
>Automatically update comparison result when the file content changes.
>Find and replace in the comparison window.
>Find previous/next different/identical block
>Copy all the different/identical lines to the clipboard. With this feature, we can find lines in the first file but not in the second file.
11. Self-defined string table
>Add a pre-defined string by just one click.
>Add pre-defined strings before and after the selected text.
12. Regular expression
>Find/replace strings defined by regular expression.
For example, to replace date from "2008-12-25" into "12/25/2008", you may define the regular expression as below:
Find: [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]
Replace with: %06%07/%09%10/%01%02%03%04
> Find/replace multiple-line text through regular expression.
For example, we can use this regular expression "Start[]*End" to match the following multi-line text:
Start Line
Any text here
End
13. Script file
>You may define the frequently used regular expressions in script files and process the regular expressions by executing the script files.
14. 256-bit AES encryption/decryption
>Edit an encrypted file transparently with PilotEdit.
>Encrypt/decrypt multiple directories and files.
>Encrypt/decrypt files more than 4G.
>Save the active file as an encrypted/non-encrypted file.
>Save the active file as an encrypted/non-encrypted FTP file.
15. File group
>File group enable you to open multiple files by just one click.
16. Find/replace in multiple directories
>Find a string in multiple directories.
>Replace a string in multiple directories.
17. Sort
>Sort lines in a file in ascending/descending order.
>Sort lines in a file as text or integer nu