Find & Replace Multiple Words
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Apply several literal replacement rules sequentially or against the original text. Inspect counts and preview before export.
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A visual example
The same rules can give different results
Decide whether later rules may also change text inserted by an earlier rule.
- Original and rules
a b
1. a → b
2. b → c
Start with two simple rules
The original text contains an a and a b. Rule 1 replaces a with b; rule 2 replaces b with c.
- Sequential mode
a b → b b → c c
Result: c c
Apply rules sequentially
Rule 2 sees both b characters, including the one created by rule 1.
- Original-text mode
a b → b c
Result: b c
Match only the original
Each replacement refers to the original text. The newly inserted b is not replaced again.
Use original-text mode to avoid replacement cascades.
Illustrative example. These are literal replacement rules, not regular expressions. Rule order still matters when original-text matches overlap.
How to use it
- Enter the original text and one or more literal search/replacement rules.
- Order the rules and choose sequential or original-text mode.
- Run, inspect rule counts and the preview, then copy or export TXT.
For “a b”, rules a→b and b→c yield “c c” sequentially, but “b c” in original-text mode.
Details & limits
Literal matching with deterministic rule priority. No regular-expression mode; large jobs run in a cancellable worker.
Are punctuation and replacement dollar signs special syntax?
No. This tool uses literal search and replacement, not regular expressions. When candidates overlap, the leftmost match wins; rule order breaks ties at the same starting position. Original-text mode never feeds a replacement back into later matches.