Help with Find and Replace

barra52 · 02-07-2024, 02:08 AM

I'm having a problem in trying to edit some books etc that retain particular text in the html file that I would like to remove using the find and replace function.

An example is.... (88 of 243)20-2-2006 21:47:27</p>

There are obviously 243 occurrences of this text and rather than replace them one by one is it there a 'wildcard' I could use to find and replace all occurrences? Date and time stay the same for all 243 entries, but the *** of 243 changes every 100-150 lines or so.

I'm very new to html editing and anything other than a fairly simple solution would be beyond my limited capabilities.

Thanks in anticipation.

theducks · 02-07-2024, 10:43 AM

That appears to be a PDF conversion remnant

REGEX is your buddy. There are tutorials here on MR.

<p class="something">(88 of 243)20-2-2006 21:47:27</p>
(I added the rest of the paragraph in purple , to avoid possibility's of over cleaning)

Code:

<p class="\w+">\(\d+ of \d+\)\d\d-\d{1,2}-\d{4}\s\d\d\:\d\d:\d\d</p>

You may need to adjust the former purple part based upon what you see. Other adjustments based upon what you see. There is no single REGEX to rule them all. I keep basic patterns (as a template) like above, and adjust (and test), in saved searches.

\d is a digit, + allows multiplies. {#} is an exact quantity of them
\s is whitespace
I 'escaped' symbols to be safe \( \) as they can have meaning in a pattern

barra52 · 02-08-2024, 06:52 AM

Thank you. Will see how I go and respond accordingly.
Cheers

DNSB · 02-08-2024, 05:41 PM

I'm going to assume that you will save backup copies before editing the books?

barra52 · 02-09-2024, 06:53 AM

Very good advice! Thanks for that.

02-07-2024, 02:08 AM	#1
barra52 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2024 Device: Kindle (early model with firmware version5.6.1.1	Help with Find and Replace I'm having a problem in trying to edit some books etc that retain particular text in the html file that I would like to remove using the find and replace function. An example is.... (88 of 243)20-2-2006 21:47:27</p> There are obviously 243 occurrences of this text and rather than replace them one by one is it there a 'wildcard' I could use to find and replace all occurrences? Date and time stay the same for all 243 entries, but the *** of 243 changes every 100-150 lines or so. I'm very new to html editing and anything other than a fairly simple solution would be beyond my limited capabilities. Thanks in anticipation. Last edited by pdurrant; 02-07-2024 at 02:37 AM.

02-07-2024, 10:43 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,812 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	That appears to be a PDF conversion remnant REGEX is your buddy. There are tutorials here on MR. <p class="something">(88 of 243)20-2-2006 21:47:27</p> (I added the rest of the paragraph in purple , to avoid possibility's of over cleaning) Code: <p class="\w+">\(\d+ of \d+\)\d\d-\d{1,2}-\d{4}\s\d\d\:\d\d:\d\d</p> You may need to adjust the former purple part based upon what you see. Other adjustments based upon what you see. There is no single REGEX to rule them all. I keep basic patterns (as a template) like above, and adjust (and test), in saved searches. \d is a digit, + allows multiplies. {#} is an exact quantity of them \s is whitespace I 'escaped' symbols to be safe \( \) as they can have meaning in a pattern

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02-08-2024, 06:52 AM	#3
barra52 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2024 Device: Kindle (early model with firmware version5.6.1.1	Thank you. Will see how I go and respond accordingly. Cheers

02-08-2024, 05:41 PM	#4
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,498 Karma: 145557716 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I'm going to assume that you will save backup copies before editing the books?

02-09-2024, 06:53 AM	#5
barra52 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2024 Device: Kindle (early model with firmware version5.6.1.1	Very good advice! Thanks for that.