Questions tagged [replacement]
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How to replace a USB-C hub plug?
I got a USB-C hub with a broken plug (the end which is inserted in the computer) from a friend. Since the connector was completely destroyed inside, he did cut the cable behind it (probably that wasn't too smart...).
Now I'm trying to find out which…
Chris H
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Color of the highlight of the found word is too faint to see in Word 365
When I use the "Find and Replace" feature, the word that has been found is highlighted in a very faint gray such that I can't see it very well.
How can I change the default color that MS Word uses to highlight the word that it found?
My steps…
Eddie Gnz
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Powershell - replace text after wildcard, with nothing?
I am using a Powershell command in a Windows batch file to search for a text string like this: foo=1
(where 1 could be anything)
I know .*? works as a wildcard in Powershell. The below snippet isn't the full command, I have only put the relevant…
bat_cmd
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Using tr from Coreutils for Windows
I have to transform the content of a file from \ to \\ on Windows in a script. So I got Coreutils and tried to use tr \ \\ file_out on Windows CMD, but \ in file_out remains \ instead of being converted to \\.
The file contains LFs (\n)…
R. Nec
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Replace text surrounding a wildcard in Notepad++
So, many years ago when I started writing PHP code, I learned to format information sent from a form as such:
$_POST[itemnamehere];
Whether that was right or wrong at the time, it worked. However, with newer versions of PHP, the format needs to…
teddytash
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MS Access replace function is not giving the expected result
I am concatenating two fields, however in some cases the second field begins with \, but not always.
I'm trying to remove the possible extraneous \ using replace.
stDigitalFolderLocation = stDigitalLocation & "\" &…
Ali Kayn
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Replacing text in Microsoft word with wildcards
In Microsoft Word, I am trying to eliminate time stamps formatted as [00:33:11]. I used the
wildcard search [*] but this does not work. Can someone explain how to do this correctly?
user402525
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Replacing RAM chipsets
Dears,
I have a laptop with 4GB of RAM. I'm looking to upgrade to 8GB of RAM.
The problem is, the current RAM is PC3-8500F and I can't find it in the local market.
All I have found is the PC3-8500 and PC3-8500S..
I'm afraid if I buy any of these…
sikas
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SED find and replace by keeping indentation
I can't seem to find an answer, I am trying to find and replace a text.
For example, find newName: and replace it with a variable that expands.
I tried:
sed -i "/ newTag:/c newTag: $IMAGE_TAG"
This one removes indentation and adds double quotes…
Turgut
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How do I delete 1 of 2 One Drives from a Dell laptop?
My previous job was remote. Once my contract expired, they let me keep the laptop provided. I am able to use it but a message requesting me to log in into my previous job's drive pops constantly. I have my own personal One Drive installed but need…
Rosa Isabel
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Replace 2 of 3 hyphens in a filename with SPACE hyphen SPACE in Powershell
I have been attempting to modify the following example given for a similar question in Powershell, to match my own needs. Running the example works fine.
Please could you assist in how to change the code for my needs below?
Example given:
~$test =…
Adam W
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Sed match and replace only certain characters
I have mutliple strings in very similar format.
(#1111111)
(#4444444)
I was trying to use sed to provide an output:
1111111
4444444
I have tried:
sed 's/(#[0-9]+)/^[0-9]+/g'
which seems to match ok, but the replace is not working.
PW123
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Notepad++ How to copy the last x characters of every line to the end of the same line?
Example-
This:
Example/Images/1234567
Needs to become this:
Example/Images/12345671234567
1234567 is a random string of 7 alphanumeric characters on each line.
PJS1987
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How to change random domains to a simple domain using Notepad++
I have a file with a random domains like this:
host-name estkowjf.tradicebk.cz
domain-key smtp,*,/home/pmta/keys/dkim.pem
host-name …
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Wildcard search and replace in Notepad++
I have many documents consisting of text where words hav become incorrectly hyphenated. Like;
be-come; mons-ter; any-thing etc
I can search for the place where this has happened using;
\l-\l
any lowercase character and any other lowercaser character…
Ramses505
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