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With the Search and replace function it is possible to search through the entire space or page for a certain text

With the Search and Replace function you can search through entire spaces for certain text content,

and replace it with a new one.

The Search and replace function can be found:

  • In the edit menu
  • In the toolbar
  • By pressing S

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This function can be useful when copying spaces, for example when content has a lot of references to old content

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like links, comments, names, etc.

For replacing a specific text content select a space or a page and open the popup window in the described way above.

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Be careful when unchecking the "Respect XML Tags". This might break your pages if misused.

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Check the example at the bottom of this page.

The following options can be used:

Search
Simple text or regexIt can be searched via simple text content or regular expression
Replace bySearched text gets replaced by this content

The new button is active when selecting spaces and/or pages:

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and it opens a pop-up window with the available search&replace options:

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Options explained

available search options: simple text or regex
Respect XML tags
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  • It means that the searching will not break
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  • and will replace only the visible content on the page
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  • Use this function carefully, if you don't understand
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might break your pages WarningCareful when unchecking this checkbox, this
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Content choice
-here you can select which types of content should be changed
  • names of spaces, spaces description, pages names, page content and comments
ChangeThe following options can be changed. If one of this gets unchecked it will not be browsed.
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How

Content search - how

the content will be searched (recursive or not) and if blog posts should be included

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It can either

search

be searched for content,

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be done or directly

replace the content

replaced (this option cannot be undone).

Example of replacing
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Replacing content when "Respect XML tags" checkbox is unchecked

After copying a space, I want all my links in the new space to point to my new space. This will not happen automatically, so I can use the "Search and replace" functionality from Space Admin.

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This is how the tag looks like at the moment (to get the page in this format, I have to click on the page options "View Storage Format" )

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<ri:page ri:space-key="NS" ri:content-title="New space Home" /> //original tag
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This is how I want it to be replaced:

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<ri:page ri:space-key="AS" ri:content-title="Another space Home" /> //updated tag
but
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But what will not work, is searching for:

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<ri:page ri:space-key="NS"
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And replacing

with 

with:

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<ri:page ri:space-key="AS"
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Because in this way, I will break Confluences XML structure.
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