🔎Find & Replace

How to use find & replace

1. Paste your text on the left, or drop in a .txt file — nothing is uploaded.
2. Fill in the first rule: what to find, what to replace it with, and whether to match plain text, a whole word or a regular expression.
3. Add more rules with Add rule — they run top to bottom on the same text — then copy or download the result.

FAQ

How do I use capture groups?

Switch the rule to Regex and refer to groups as $1, $2 or $& for the whole match. Named groups work too: (?<year>\d{4}) becomes $<year>. In regex mode \n and \t in the replacement insert a line break or tab.

Does whole-word matching work with Chinese?

Whole-word mode uses letter/digit boundaries, which Chinese text does not have — every Chinese phrase would count as one word. For Chinese use plain text mode, or a regex with your own boundaries.

Why is a later rule not matching text an earlier rule produced?

It does. Rules run in order on the full text, so rule 2 sees everything rule 1 wrote. If a rule matches nothing, check its counter badge — it shows how many times that rule fired.