| User: editor -- 2010-03-15 << 447 449 >> |
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| Type: Advanced search and replace |
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| Description: |
| How to replace every 3 instances found in a text file? I have a text file with many occurrance of 'search', how to replace the 1,4,7,10 instances of 'search' to 'FIND'? |
| Input Sample: |
| search and replace batch search advanced search advanced search and replace replace and search search binary files batch search and replace |
| Output Sample: |
| FIND and replace batch search advanced search advanced FIND and replace replace and search search binary files batch FIND and replace |
| Answer: |
| Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps. |
| Replace Pioneer support replace specified occurrance of matched string by "unit number filter". 1. ctrl-o open source text file 2. ctrl-h open 'Replace' dialog * in 'search for pattern', enter: * in 'replace with pattern', enter: * set 'unit number filter' to: Note: 1<3>N means start from 1, increased with step of 3, until reach the instance N, when N is omitted, will search until reach last instance. 3. click 'Replace', done! 4. ctrl-s save to file |
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| Keywords: |
| last instance omit occurrance replace pioneer support increase found support increas find unit number filter replace string with number replace number in string start with number text pattern filter filter number pattern filter replace replace last text string |