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*[[Regular_Expressions_Newline|Matching the “Newline”]] | *[[Regular_Expressions_Newline|Matching the “Newline”]] | ||
*[[Maximize_Regular_Expression|Maximize Regular Expression Matching]] | *[[Maximize_Regular_Expression|Maximize Regular Expression Matching]] | ||
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| + | ===Search and Replace Command Line=== | ||
| + | *[[Command_Line|Command Line Overview]] | ||
| + | *[[Search_And_Replace_Command_Line|Search and Replace Commands Overview]] | ||
| + | *[[Search_And_Replace_Command_Line#Searching_and_Search_Options|Searching and Search Options]] | ||
| + | *[[Search_And_Replace_Command_Line#Replacing|Replacing Commands]] | ||
| + | *[[Search_And_Replace_Command_Line#Unsuccessful_Search_and_Replace|Unsuccessful Search and Replace]] | ||
==Related Resources== | ==Related Resources== | ||
*[[Main_Page| Wiki Home Page]] | *[[Main_Page| Wiki Home Page]] | ||
vEdit has very flexible search and replace capabilities. Besides searching for a literal sequence of characters, you can also search using vEdit’s powerful “pattern matching” or “regular expressions”.
Searches normally use pattern matching. This is a powerful searching syntax, unique to vEdit, that has “wildcard” characters for matching letters, digits and much more. It is easy to use; only the character “|” has a special meaning.
Searches can alternatively use regular expressions which is a powerful search and replace syntax from UNIX. It is much more complex and most punctuation characters have a special meaning.
You can also search in “ Simple ” mode without any pattern matching or regular expressions. It is only recommended for very novice users because no “wild- card” searching is possible.