Search & Replace character || problem

Kefali · 12-12-2017, 11:15 AM

I have the latest version of Calibre.
I'm trying to correct a problem in an epub format ebook.
Whoever created it managed to replace closing quotation marks (") with double bars (||).
When I click on the "wizard" icon I see the same || characters in the output code.

I'd like to replace || with " but all attempts to do so have resulted in placing " after every single character! "L"i"k"e" "t"h"i"s"."

I'm clearly missing a trick here. Do I need to add an "escape" character, perhaps?

Thanks in advance for any help.

jbacelar · 12-12-2017, 11:42 AM

Open the Editor and click on the search and replace icon.

In Normal mode, search: || and replace: " It has to work.
In Regex mode you have to escape, search: \ | \ | and replace: "

Kefali · 12-12-2017, 01:18 PM

Ah, silly me! I was using only one [ESC].
\|| instead of \|\|

That works perfectly. Thank you very much for your assistance!

jbacelar · 12-12-2017, 01:28 PM

You are welcome

12-12-2017, 11:15 AM	#1
Kefali Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Greece Device: iPad-Mini and Kindle	Search & Replace character \|\| problem I have the latest version of Calibre. I'm trying to correct a problem in an epub format ebook. Whoever created it managed to replace closing quotation marks (") with double bars (\|\|). When I click on the "wizard" icon I see the same \|\| characters in the output code. I'd like to replace \|\| with " but all attempts to do so have resulted in placing " after every single character! "L"i"k"e" "t"h"i"s"." I'm clearly missing a trick here. Do I need to add an "escape" character, perhaps? Thanks in advance for any help.

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12-12-2017, 11:42 AM	#2
jbacelar Interested in the matter Posts: 421 Karma: 426094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Spain, south coast Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	Open the Editor and click on the search and replace icon. In Normal mode, search: \|\| and replace: " It has to work. In Regex mode you have to escape, search: \ \| \ \| and replace: "

12-12-2017, 01:18 PM	#3
Kefali Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Greece Device: iPad-Mini and Kindle	Ah, silly me! I was using only one [ESC]. \\|\| instead of \\|\\| That works perfectly. Thank you very much for your assistance!

12-12-2017, 01:28 PM	#4
jbacelar Interested in the matter Posts: 421 Karma: 426094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Spain, south coast Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	You are welcome

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