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370.Regular expression replace -- How to replace the last occurance of 'old' in every line with 'new'?

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Description:

There is a file containing many lines of text, and there are more than one occurance of 'old' in each line? How to only replace the last occurance of 'old' in each line with 'new'?

Answer:

Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps.

1. ctrl-o open source text file
2. ctrl-h open replace window
* set 'Replace scope' to 'Line'
* in search for pattern, fill:

in replace with pattern, fill:

3. click 'Replace', ok.
4. ctrl-s save the file.

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