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With the Search and Replacereplace function it is possible to search through the entire spaces space or pages page for a certain text content and replace it with a new one.

The Search & Replace button and replace function can be found:

  • in the Edit In the edit menu
  • in In the toolbar
  • by pressing 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 , like links, comments, names, etc.

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


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

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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
Respect XML Tagstags
  • It means that the searching will not break XML tags and will replace only the visible content on the page
  • Use this function carefully, if you don't understand Confluence's XML structure because it might break your pages!
Content choice
ChangeThe following options can be changed. If one of this gets unchecked it will not be browsed.
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How the content will be searched (recursive or not) and if blog posts should be included

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It can either be searched for content, previewed what changes will be done or directly replaced (this option cannot be undone).

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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
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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:

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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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To save time and get things done quickly, check the following page for helpful shortcuts.


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