Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Find and replace

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Find and replace

• Ignore external/Interwiki links, images, nowiki, math, <!-- --> – If checked AWB will ignore said information.
• Ignore templates, refs, link targets, and headings – If checked AWB will ignore said information.
• Add replacements to edit summary – If checked AWB will add the replacements made to the edit summary.
• Apply after general fixes, otherwise before – If checked AWB will apply these rules after all other rulers. Otherwise It will apply these rules before all other rules.
• Search: – Enter a search criteria in search box.

• Go – Will search for what was entered in the search box.

• Clear – Clears all the rules.
• Done – Exit Find and replace

Find – Expression to find.

Replace with – Text to replaced.

Case Sensitive – If checked the search is case sensitive.

Regex – If checked indicates that the find expression is a regular expression.

Multiline – If checked, this indicates to AWB that the regex characters "^" and "&" so that they match at the beginning and the end of lines respectively, not just the beginning and end of a whole string.

Singleline – If checked, this indicates to AWB that the regex character "." matches every character. Instead of every character except "\n".

Enabled – If checked indicates that this rule is active. If not checked then this rule will be ignored by AWB.

[edit] Advanced

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This area allows you to set special search and replace criteria for AWB. This can be in the form of regular text searches or regular expression text searches.

• Main Menus

• New – Allows you to select Rules or Subrules. See Types of rules below.
• Rule – Various edit commands. Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete and Refresh colours

• Types of rules

• Rule each one of these can be nested so that if the upper most rule is satified then AWB will process the next rule below.

Find and replace

In template call

Template parameter

– Regular rules, AWB will be process these rules (if enabled) against the text of an page.

• In Template Call Rule – These rules will only be processed if with in a template.
• Template Parameter Rule – These rules allow you to change template parameter names.

• Subrule

• Rule – Same as a regular rule, but only acted upon if the regular rule is acted upon.
• In Template Call Rule – Same as a regular in template call rule, but only acted upon if the regular in template call rule is acted upon.
• Template Parameter Rule – Same as a regular template parameter rule, but only acted upon if the regular template parameter rule is acted upon.

• Name – This allows you to name your rule so that you can recognize it.
• Enabled – If checked the rule is enabled if unchecked this rule will be ignored by AWB.
• Type

• Entire text – lets you search with the entire text string.
• Inside template calls {{..}} – specifies only search within a template.

• Find – In this section you enter your search criteria. If you check the Regular expression box on the bottom of the page, the criteria you enter here will be acted on as it is a regular expression. Other wise it will be searched as it were regular text case insensitive.

• Replace with: – The criteria you place in this box will be replaced with what was found in the Find section.

• Regular expression – If checked indicates to AWB that the find criteria is a regular expression.
• Case sensitive – If checked indicates to AWB that the find criteria is case sensitive.
• Multiline – If checked, this indicates to AWB that the regex characters "^" and "&" so that they match at the beginning and the end of lines respectively, not just the beginning and end of a whole string.
• Single line – If checked, this indicates to AWB that the regex character "." matches every character. Instead of every character except "\n".
• Apply # times – _{This part of the AWB manual needs help in explaining its function. If you know how this function works, Please feel free to edit.}

• If

• Contains – _{This part of the AWB manual needs help in explaining its function. If you know how this function works, Please feel free to edit.}

• Not Contains – _{This part of the AWB manual needs help in explaining its function. If you know how this function works, Please feel free to edit.}

• Regular expression – If checked indicates to AWB that the find criteria is a regular expression.
• Case sensitive – If checked indicates to AWB that the find criteria is case sensitive.
• Multiline – If checked, this indicates to AWB that the regex characters "^" and "&" so that they match at the beginning and the end of lines respectively, not just the beginning and end of a whole string.
• Single line – If checked, this indicates to AWB that the regex character "." matches every character. Instead of every character except "\n".

[edit] Template substitution

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Note the section needs expert attention. If you know how this section works, please feel free to edit it.

• Templates to substitute: List of templates to substitute. {{Test1}} or Template:Test1
• Ignore external/interwiki links, images, nowiki, math and <!-- --> _{This part of the AWB manual needs help in explaining its function. If you know how this function works, Please feel free to edit.}

• Expand recursively If template is a redirect, get the subst'd of its target and replaces with that
• Include comment with template Includes a comment with the template name - <!-- Template:Test -->
• Clear Clears the contents of the "Templates to substitute box"
• Reset Sets the Template list back to whatever was entered when ok was last pressed
• OK Commits the lines to be used for reset. Closes the window
• Cancel Cancel and close the window