| User: colin -- 2014-04-03 << 1190 1192 >> |
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| Type: Advanced search and replace |
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| Description: |
| How to make search and replace only in specified lines in text file? I have a text file, what i want to do is check each line, if line contains "ear" then if there is also the string ",i,ur," or ",i,r," then change that string to  ",ear," |
| Input Sample: |
| clearstories,k,l,i,ur,s,t,oe,r,ee,z,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, clearwater,k,l,i,r,w,aw,t,ur,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, |
| Output Sample: |
| clearstories,k,l,ear,s,t,oe,r,ee,z,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, clearwater,k,l,ear,w,aw,t,ur,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, |
| Answer: |
| Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps. |
| 1. ctrl-o open text file 2. ctrl-h open 'replace' dialogue * set 'replace unit' to 'Line' * set 'search for pattern' to: * set 'replace with pattern' to: 3. click 'replace', done. Hint: this operation is to filer out all lines contain ear, and use function "replace" to do search&replace. |
Screenshot 1: Replace_Window |
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