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The [[mw:Extension:Replace_Text|Extension:Replace_Text]] provides a special page (at [[Special:ReplaceText]]) to allow administrators to do a global string find-and-replace on all the content pages of a wiki. It's a global search and replace tool that covers all content in the database and multi-media files. It is obviously useful in many circumstances. It features [[regular expression]] support and shows a list of candidate matches before actually doing anything making it safer to 'test' a search and replace operation. | The [[mw:Extension:Replace_Text|Extension:Replace_Text]] provides a special page (at [[Special:ReplaceText]]) to allow administrators to do a global string find-and-replace on all the content pages of a wiki. It's a global search and replace tool that covers all content in the database and multi-media files. It is obviously useful in many circumstances. It features [[regular expression]] support and shows a list of candidate matches before actually doing anything making it safer to 'test' a search and replace operation. | ||
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Revision as of 01:10, 14 January 2016
Replace text The Extension:Replace_Text provides a special page (at Special:ReplaceText) to allow administrators to do a global string find-and-replace on all the content pages of a wiki. It's a global search and replace tool that covers all content in the database and multi-media files. It is obviously useful in many circumstances. It features regular expression support and shows a list of candidate matches before actually doing anything making it safer to 'test' a search and replace operation.
