| User: editor -- 2008-08-09 << 244 246 >> |
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| Type: Advanced search and replace |
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| Description: |
| How to replace the last occurance of some text like 'abc' to 'def' in a text file? |
| Input Sample: |
| first occurance of abc second occurance of abc other text last occurance of abc other text |
| Output Sample: |
| first occurance of abc second occurance of abc other text last occurance of def other text |
| 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' dialog set "Search for pattern" to: set "Replace with Pattern" to: 3. click 'Replace', done! Note: .*?abc will match from beginning to first 'abc', .*abc will match from beginning to last 'abc'. chars($match,1,-4) means keep from 1st to -4th characters(remove last 3 chars:abc) ** For newer version, you can search "(.*)abc" and replace with "\1def" |
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| Keywords: |
| occurance 1st abc toc remove last keep last beginning las ran replace first occurance replace abc def keep first replace first last replace abc replace last first match search and replace first |