Obsidian Plugin - Regex Find/Replace
Provides a dialog to find and replace text in the currently opened note. In addition to Obsidians on-board find/repace function, this plugin provides options to
- use regular expressions or just plain text
- replace found occurances in the currently slected text or in the whole document
Desktop as well as mobile versions of Obsidian are supported.
How to use
- Run
Regex Find/Replace: Find and Replace using regular expressionsfrom the command palette or - Assign a shortcut key to this command and use it to open the dialog
- The plugin will remember the last recent search/replace terms as well as the settings
How to install
From inside Obsidian
This plugin can be installed via the Community Plugins tab in the Obsidian Settings dialog:
- Disable Safe Mode (to enable community plugins to be installed)
- Browse the community plugins searching for "regex find/replace"
- Install the Plugin
- Enable the plugin after installation
Manual installation
The plugin can also be installed manually from the repository:
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Create a new directory in your vaults plugins directory, e.g.
.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-regex-replace -
Head over to https://github.com/Gru80/obsidian-regex-replace/releases
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From the latest release, download the files
- main.js
- manifest.json
- styles.css
to your newly created plugin directory
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Launch Obsidian and open the Settings dialog
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Disable Safe Mode in the
Community Pluginstab (this enables community plugins to be enabled) -
Enable the new plugin
Version History
1.0.0
Initial release
1.1.0
- Case insensitive search can now be enabled in the settings panel of the plugin (regex flag /i)
- Find-in-selection toggle switch is disabled if no text is selected in the note
- Performance improvements and bug-fixes
1.2.0
- Option to interpret
\nin repleace field to insert line-break accordingly - Option to pre-fill the find-field with the selected word or phrase
- Used regex-modifier flags are shown in the dialog