Replacing Items in the Service Directory

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# Replacing Items in the Service Directory

You can use the `SYSRPC SM REPLACE` direct command to replace the names of nodes, servers, libraries and programs defined in a service directory.

`SYSRPC SM REPLACE` corresponds to the Replace function of the Edit menu.

`SYSRPC SM REPLACE` can be used in online and batch mode.

This section contains information on:

- Syntax of SYSRPC SM REPLACE

## Syntax of SYSRPC SM REPLACE

`SYSRPC SM REPLACE` replace-clause

#### replace-clause

| `ANY` `NODE` `SERVER` `LIBRARY` `PROGRAM` |  | search-string `WITH` replace-string |  | `ALL` `FIRST` |  | `[WHOLE]`

The syntax items are explained in the following table:

`ANY` | Searches for all names specified in the service directory. This is the default value.
`NODE` | Searches for node names only.
`SERVER` | Searches for server names only.
`LIBRARY` | Searches for library names only.
`PROGRAM` | Searches for program names only.
`search-string` | An alphanumeric search string of up to 32 characters.
`WITH` | Introduces the `replace-string`.
`replace-string` | An alphanumeric replace string of up to 32 characters.
`ALL` | Replaces all occurrences of the search string found.
`FIRST` | Replaces only the first occurrence of the search string found. This is the default value.
`WHOLE` | Replaces only occurrences that match the whole search string.

Note
The search operation is not case-sensitive.