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ownedbycats · 04-03-2021, 08:18 PM

I wanted to add a series description to some book comments. So I did this.

Search mode: regex
Search field: comments
Search for: .*
Replace with: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
Destination field: comments
Mode: Prepend to field

This resulted in the replacement text appearing multiple times:

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What did I do wrong?

04-03-2021, 08:18 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,054 Karma: 75568269 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Search & Replace: Prepending something in the comments field I wanted to add a series description to some book comments. So I did this. Search mode: regex Search field: comments Search for: .* Replace with: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Destination field: comments Mode: Prepend to field This resulted in the replacement text appearing multiple times: What did I do wrong? Last edited by ownedbycats; 04-03-2021 at 10:27 PM.