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25829 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, |
75348 | 3 @c 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Search, Fixit, Display, Top | |
6 @chapter Searching and Replacement | |
7 @cindex searching | |
8 @cindex finding strings within text | |
9 | |
10 Like other editors, Emacs has commands for searching for occurrences of | |
11 a string. The principal search command is unusual in that it is | |
12 @dfn{incremental}; it begins to search before you have finished typing the | |
13 search string. There are also nonincremental search commands more like | |
14 those of other editors. | |
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16 Besides the usual @code{replace-string} command that finds all | |
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17 occurrences of one string and replaces them with another, Emacs has a |
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18 more flexible replacement command called @code{query-replace}, which |
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19 asks interactively which occurrences to replace. There are also |
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20 commands to find and operate on all matches for a pattern. |
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21 |
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22 You can also search multiple files under control of a tags |
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23 table (@pxref{Tags Search}) or through the Dired @kbd{A} command |
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24 (@pxref{Operating on Files}), or ask the @code{grep} program to do it |
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25 (@pxref{Grep Searching}). |
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28 @menu | |
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29 * Incremental Search:: Search happens as you type the string. |
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30 * Nonincremental Search:: Specify entire string and then search. |
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31 * Word Search:: Search for sequence of words. |
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32 * Regexp Search:: Search for match for a regexp. |
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33 * Regexps:: Syntax of regular expressions. |
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34 * Regexp Backslash:: Regular expression constructs starting with `\'. |
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35 * Regexp Example:: A complex regular expression explained. |
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36 * Search Case:: To ignore case while searching, or not. |
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37 * Replace:: Search, and replace some or all matches. |
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38 * Other Repeating Search:: Operating on all matches for some regexp. |
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41 @node Incremental Search |
25829 | 42 @section Incremental Search |
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43 @cindex incremental search |
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44 @cindex isearch |
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46 An incremental search begins searching as soon as you type the first | |
47 character of the search string. As you type in the search string, Emacs | |
48 shows you where the string (as you have typed it so far) would be | |
49 found. When you have typed enough characters to identify the place you | |
50 want, you can stop. Depending on what you plan to do next, you may or | |
51 may not need to terminate the search explicitly with @key{RET}. | |
52 | |
53 @table @kbd | |
54 @item C-s | |
55 Incremental search forward (@code{isearch-forward}). | |
56 @item C-r | |
57 Incremental search backward (@code{isearch-backward}). | |
58 @end table | |
59 | |
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60 @menu |
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61 * Basic Isearch:: Basic incremental search commands. |
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62 * Repeat Isearch:: Searching for the same string again. |
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63 * Error in Isearch:: When your string is not found. |
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64 * Special Isearch:: Special input in incremental search. |
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65 * Non-ASCII Isearch:: How to search for non-ASCII characters. |
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66 * Isearch Yank:: Commands that grab text into the search string |
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67 or else edit the search string. |
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68 * Highlight Isearch:: Isearch highlights the other possible matches. |
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69 * Isearch Scroll:: Scrolling during an incremental search. |
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70 * Slow Isearch:: Incremental search features for slow terminals. |
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71 @end menu |
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73 @node Basic Isearch |
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74 @subsection Basics of Incremental Search |
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77 @findex isearch-forward | |
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78 @kbd{C-s} starts a forward incremental search. It reads characters |
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79 from the keyboard, and moves point past the next occurrence of those |
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80 characters. If you type @kbd{C-s} and then @kbd{F}, that puts the |
38880 | 81 cursor after the first @samp{F} (the first following the starting point, since |
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82 this is a forward search). Then if you type an @kbd{O}, you will see |
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84 @samp{FO} may or may not be the first @samp{F}). After another |
68515 | 85 @kbd{O}, the cursor moves to just after the first @samp{FOO} after the place |
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86 where you started the search. At each step, the buffer text that |
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87 matches the search string is highlighted, if the terminal can do that; |
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88 the current search string is always displayed in the echo area. |
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90 If you make a mistake in typing the search string, you can cancel | |
91 characters with @key{DEL}. Each @key{DEL} cancels the last character of | |
92 search string. This does not happen until Emacs is ready to read another | |
93 input character; first it must either find, or fail to find, the character | |
94 you want to erase. If you do not want to wait for this to happen, use | |
95 @kbd{C-g} as described below. | |
96 | |
97 When you are satisfied with the place you have reached, you can type | |
98 @key{RET}, which stops searching, leaving the cursor where the search | |
99 brought it. Also, any command not specially meaningful in searches | |
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100 stops the searching and is then executed. Thus, typing @kbd{C-a} |
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101 would exit the search and then move to the beginning of the line. |
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102 @key{RET} is necessary only if the next command you want to type is a |
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103 printing character, @key{DEL}, @key{RET}, or another character that is |
25829 | 104 special within searches (@kbd{C-q}, @kbd{C-w}, @kbd{C-r}, @kbd{C-s}, |
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105 @kbd{C-y}, @kbd{M-y}, @kbd{M-r}, @kbd{M-c}, @kbd{M-e}, and some other |
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106 meta-characters). |
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108 When you exit the incremental search, it sets the mark where point |
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109 @emph{was} before the search. That is convenient for moving back |
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110 there. In Transient Mark mode, incremental search sets the mark |
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111 without activating it, and does so only if the mark is not already |
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112 active. |
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114 @node Repeat Isearch |
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115 @subsection Repeating Incremental Search |
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117 Sometimes you search for @samp{FOO} and find one, but not the one you |
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118 expected to find. There was a second @samp{FOO} that you forgot |
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119 about, before the one you were aiming for. In this event, type |
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120 another @kbd{C-s} to move to the next occurrence of the search string. |
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121 You can repeat this any number of times. If you overshoot, you can |
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122 cancel some @kbd{C-s} characters with @key{DEL}. |
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124 After you exit a search, you can search for the same string again by | |
125 typing just @kbd{C-s C-s}: the first @kbd{C-s} is the key that invokes | |
126 incremental search, and the second @kbd{C-s} means ``search again.'' | |
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128 If a search is failing and you ask to repeat it by typing another |
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129 @kbd{C-s}, it starts again from the beginning of the buffer. |
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130 Repeating a failing reverse search with @kbd{C-r} starts again from |
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131 the end. This is called @dfn{wrapping around}, and @samp{Wrapped} |
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132 appears in the search prompt once this has happened. If you keep on |
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133 going past the original starting point of the search, it changes to |
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134 @samp{Overwrapped}, which means that you are revisiting matches that |
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25829 | 137 To reuse earlier search strings, use the @dfn{search ring}. The |
138 commands @kbd{M-p} and @kbd{M-n} move through the ring to pick a search | |
139 string to reuse. These commands leave the selected search ring element | |
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140 in the minibuffer, where you can edit it. To edit the current search |
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142 search ring, type @kbd{M-e}. Type @kbd{C-s} or @kbd{C-r} |
25829 | 143 to terminate editing the string and search for it. |
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146 if you are searching forward but you realize you were looking for | |
147 something above the starting point, you can do this. Repeated | |
148 @kbd{C-r} keeps looking for more occurrences backwards. A @kbd{C-s} | |
149 starts going forwards again. @kbd{C-r} in a search can be canceled | |
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150 with @key{DEL}. |
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152 @kindex C-r |
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153 @findex isearch-backward |
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154 If you know initially that you want to search backwards, you can use |
68515 | 155 @kbd{C-r} instead of @kbd{C-s} to start the search, because @kbd{C-r} |
156 as a key runs a command (@code{isearch-backward}) to search backward. | |
157 A backward search finds matches that end before the starting point, | |
158 just as a forward search finds matches that begin after it. | |
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160 @node Error in Isearch |
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161 @subsection Errors in Incremental Search |
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25829 | 163 If your string is not found at all, the echo area says @samp{Failing |
164 I-Search}. The cursor is after the place where Emacs found as much of your | |
165 string as it could. Thus, if you search for @samp{FOOT}, and there is no | |
166 @samp{FOOT}, you might see the cursor after the @samp{FOO} in @samp{FOOL}. | |
167 At this point there are several things you can do. If your string was | |
168 mistyped, you can rub some of it out and correct it. If you like the place | |
169 you have found, you can type @key{RET} or some other Emacs command to | |
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170 remain there. Or you can type @kbd{C-g}, which |
25829 | 171 removes from the search string the characters that could not be found (the |
172 @samp{T} in @samp{FOOT}), leaving those that were found (the @samp{FOO} in | |
173 @samp{FOOT}). A second @kbd{C-g} at that point cancels the search | |
174 entirely, returning point to where it was when the search started. | |
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304 You must run these commands via their key sequences to stay in the | |
305 search---typing @kbd{M-x} will terminate the search. You can give | |
306 prefix arguments to these commands in the usual way. | |
307 | |
308 This feature won't let you scroll the current match out of visibility, | |
309 however. | |
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68515 | 313 (@code{enlarge-window}) which don't exactly scroll but do affect where |
314 the text appears on the screen. In general, it applies to any command | |
315 whose name has a non-@code{nil} @code{isearch-scroll} property. So you | |
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68515 | 320 runs. (You type @kbd{C-h c C-h l}; it says @code{view-lossage}.) |
321 Then you can put the following line in your @file{.emacs} file | |
322 (@pxref{Init File}): | |
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330 change point, the buffer contents, the match data, the current buffer, | |
331 or the selected window and frame. The command must not itself attempt | |
332 an incremental search. | |
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25829 | 335 @subsection Slow Terminal Incremental Search |
336 | |
337 Incremental search on a slow terminal uses a modified style of display | |
338 that is designed to take less time. Instead of redisplaying the buffer at | |
339 each place the search gets to, it creates a new single-line window and uses | |
340 that to display the line that the search has found. The single-line window | |
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343 | |
344 When you terminate the search, the single-line window is removed. | |
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347 | |
348 @vindex search-slow-speed | |
349 The slow terminal style of display is used when the terminal baud rate is | |
350 less than or equal to the value of the variable @code{search-slow-speed}, | |
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354 @vindex search-slow-window-lines | |
355 The number of lines to use in slow terminal search display is controlled | |
356 by the variable @code{search-slow-window-lines}. Its normal value is 1. | |
357 | |
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358 @node Nonincremental Search |
25829 | 359 @section Nonincremental Search |
360 @cindex nonincremental search | |
361 | |
362 Emacs also has conventional nonincremental search commands, which require | |
363 you to type the entire search string before searching begins. | |
364 | |
365 @table @kbd | |
366 @item C-s @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET} | |
367 Search for @var{string}. | |
368 @item C-r @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET} | |
369 Search backward for @var{string}. | |
370 @end table | |
371 | |
372 To do a nonincremental search, first type @kbd{C-s @key{RET}}. This | |
373 enters the minibuffer to read the search string; terminate the string | |
374 with @key{RET}, and then the search takes place. If the string is not | |
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389 @findex search-forward | |
390 @findex search-backward | |
391 Forward and backward nonincremental searches are implemented by the | |
392 commands @code{search-forward} and @code{search-backward}. These | |
393 commands may be bound to keys in the usual manner. The feature that you | |
394 can get to them via the incremental search commands exists for | |
68515 | 395 historical reasons, and to avoid the need to find separate key sequences |
25829 | 396 for them. |
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400 @cindex word search | |
401 | |
402 Word search searches for a sequence of words without regard to how the | |
403 words are separated. More precisely, you type a string of many words, | |
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408 Word search is useful for editing a printed document made with a text | |
409 formatter. If you edit while looking at the printed, formatted version, | |
410 you can't tell where the line breaks are in the source file. With word | |
411 search, you can search without having to know them. | |
412 | |
413 @table @kbd | |
414 @item C-s @key{RET} C-w @var{words} @key{RET} | |
415 Search for @var{words}, ignoring details of punctuation. | |
416 @item C-r @key{RET} C-w @var{words} @key{RET} | |
417 Search backward for @var{words}, ignoring details of punctuation. | |
418 @end table | |
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422 which must always be terminated with @key{RET}. Being nonincremental, | |
423 this search does not start until the argument is terminated. It works | |
424 by constructing a regular expression and searching for that; see | |
425 @ref{Regexp Search}. | |
426 | |
427 Use @kbd{C-r @key{RET} C-w} to do backward word search. | |
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437 @findex word-search-backward | |
438 Forward and backward word searches are implemented by the commands | |
439 @code{word-search-forward} and @code{word-search-backward}. These | |
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446 @cindex regular expression | |
447 @cindex regexp | |
448 | |
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455 @kindex C-M-s | |
456 @findex isearch-forward-regexp | |
457 @kindex C-M-r | |
458 @findex isearch-backward-regexp | |
459 Incremental search for a regexp is done by typing @kbd{C-M-s} | |
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25829 | 470 |
471 All of the control characters that do special things within an | |
472 ordinary incremental search have the same function in incremental regexp | |
473 search. Typing @kbd{C-s} or @kbd{C-r} immediately after starting the | |
474 search retrieves the last incremental search regexp used; that is to | |
475 say, incremental regexp and non-regexp searches have independent | |
476 defaults. They also have separate search rings that you can access with | |
477 @kbd{M-p} and @kbd{M-n}. | |
478 | |
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25829 | 487 search can make the cursor move back and start again. For example, if |
488 you have searched for @samp{foo} and you add @samp{\|bar}, the cursor | |
489 backs up in case the first @samp{bar} precedes the first @samp{foo}. | |
490 | |
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499 @findex re-search-backward | |
500 Nonincremental search for a regexp is done by the functions | |
501 @code{re-search-forward} and @code{re-search-backward}. You can invoke | |
502 these with @kbd{M-x}, or bind them to keys, or invoke them by way of | |
503 incremental regexp search with @kbd{C-M-s @key{RET}} and @kbd{C-M-r | |
504 @key{RET}}. | |
505 | |
506 If you use the incremental regexp search commands with a prefix | |
507 argument, they perform ordinary string search, like | |
508 @code{isearch-forward} and @code{isearch-backward}. @xref{Incremental | |
509 Search}. | |
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521 special constructs and the rest are @dfn{ordinary}. An ordinary | |
522 character is a simple regular expression which matches that same | |
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25829 | 531 |
532 For example, @samp{f} is not a special character, so it is ordinary, and | |
533 therefore @samp{f} is a regular expression that matches the string | |
534 @samp{f} and no other string. (It does @emph{not} match the string | |
535 @samp{ff}.) Likewise, @samp{o} is a regular expression that matches | |
536 only @samp{o}. (When case distinctions are being ignored, these regexps | |
537 also match @samp{F} and @samp{O}, but we consider this a generalization | |
538 of ``the same string,'' rather than an exception.) | |
539 | |
540 Any two regular expressions @var{a} and @var{b} can be concatenated. The | |
541 result is a regular expression which matches a string if @var{a} matches | |
542 some amount of the beginning of that string and @var{b} matches the rest of | |
543 the string.@refill | |
544 | |
545 As a simple example, we can concatenate the regular expressions @samp{f} | |
546 and @samp{o} to get the regular expression @samp{fo}, which matches only | |
547 the string @samp{fo}. Still trivial. To do something nontrivial, you | |
548 need to use one of the special characters. Here is a list of them. | |
549 | |
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553 Using concatenation, we can make regular expressions like @samp{a.b}, which | |
554 matches any three-character string that begins with @samp{a} and ends with | |
555 @samp{b}.@refill | |
556 | |
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559 match the preceding regular expression repetitively as many times as | |
560 possible. Thus, @samp{o*} matches any number of @samp{o}s (including no | |
561 @samp{o}s). | |
562 | |
563 @samp{*} always applies to the @emph{smallest} possible preceding | |
564 expression. Thus, @samp{fo*} has a repeating @samp{o}, not a repeating | |
565 @samp{fo}. It matches @samp{f}, @samp{fo}, @samp{foo}, and so on. | |
566 | |
567 The matcher processes a @samp{*} construct by matching, immediately, | |
568 as many repetitions as can be found. Then it continues with the rest | |
569 of the pattern. If that fails, backtracking occurs, discarding some | |
570 of the matches of the @samp{*}-modified construct in case that makes | |
571 it possible to match the rest of the pattern. For example, in matching | |
572 @samp{ca*ar} against the string @samp{caaar}, the @samp{a*} first | |
573 tries to match all three @samp{a}s; but the rest of the pattern is | |
574 @samp{ar} and there is only @samp{r} left to match, so this try fails. | |
575 The next alternative is for @samp{a*} to match only two @samp{a}s. | |
576 With this choice, the rest of the regexp matches successfully.@refill | |
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580 the preceding expression at least once. So, for example, @samp{ca+r} | |
581 matches the strings @samp{car} and @samp{caaaar} but not the string | |
582 @samp{cr}, whereas @samp{ca*r} matches all three strings. | |
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586 preceding expression either once or not at all. For example, | |
587 @samp{ca?r} matches @samp{car} or @samp{cr}; nothing else. | |
588 | |
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627 by @samp{]}. In the simplest case, the characters between the two | |
628 brackets are what this set can match. | |
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630 Thus, @samp{[ad]} matches either one @samp{a} or one @samp{d}, and | |
631 @samp{[ad]*} matches any string composed of just @samp{a}s and @samp{d}s | |
632 (including the empty string), from which it follows that @samp{c[ad]*r} | |
633 matches @samp{cr}, @samp{car}, @samp{cdr}, @samp{caddaar}, etc. | |
634 | |
635 You can also include character ranges in a character set, by writing the | |
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641 | |
642 Note that the usual regexp special characters are not special inside a | |
643 character set. A completely different set of special characters exists | |
644 inside character sets: @samp{]}, @samp{-} and @samp{^}. | |
645 | |
646 To include a @samp{]} in a character set, you must make it the first | |
647 character. For example, @samp{[]a]} matches @samp{]} or @samp{a}. To | |
648 include a @samp{-}, write @samp{-} as the first or last character of the | |
649 set, or put it after a range. Thus, @samp{[]-]} matches both @samp{]} | |
650 and @samp{-}. | |
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655 When you use a range in case-insensitive search, you should write both | |
656 ends of the range in upper case, or both in lower case, or both should | |
657 be non-letters. The behavior of a mixed-case range such as @samp{A-z} | |
658 is somewhat ill-defined, and it may change in future Emacs versions. | |
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665 @samp{^} is not special in a character set unless it is the first | |
666 character. The character following the @samp{^} is treated as if it | |
667 were first (in other words, @samp{-} and @samp{]} are not special there). | |
668 | |
669 A complemented character set can match a newline, unless newline is | |
670 mentioned as one of the characters not to match. This is in contrast to | |
671 the handling of regexps in programs such as @code{grep}. | |
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675 beginning of a line in the text being matched. Otherwise it fails to | |
676 match anything. Thus, @samp{^foo} matches a @samp{foo} that occurs at | |
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685 @samp{x+$} matches a string of one @samp{x} or more at the end of a line. | |
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693 @samp{\}), and it introduces additional special constructs. | |
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695 Because @samp{\} quotes special characters, @samp{\$} is a regular | |
696 expression that matches only @samp{$}, and @samp{\[} is a regular | |
697 expression that matches only @samp{[}, and so on. | |
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705 sense. For example, @samp{*foo} treats @samp{*} as ordinary since there is | |
706 no preceding expression on which the @samp{*} can act. It is poor practice | |
707 to depend on this behavior; it is better to quote the special character anyway, | |
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727 @table @kbd | |
728 @item \| | |
729 specifies an alternative. Two regular expressions @var{a} and @var{b} | |
730 with @samp{\|} in between form an expression that matches some text if | |
731 either @var{a} matches it or @var{b} matches it. It works by trying to | |
732 match @var{a}, and if that fails, by trying to match @var{b}. | |
733 | |
734 Thus, @samp{foo\|bar} matches either @samp{foo} or @samp{bar} | |
735 but no other string.@refill | |
736 | |
737 @samp{\|} applies to the largest possible surrounding expressions. Only a | |
738 surrounding @samp{\( @dots{} \)} grouping can limit the grouping power of | |
739 @samp{\|}.@refill | |
740 | |
741 Full backtracking capability exists to handle multiple uses of @samp{\|}. | |
742 | |
743 @item \( @dots{} \) | |
744 is a grouping construct that serves three purposes: | |
745 | |
746 @enumerate | |
747 @item | |
748 To enclose a set of @samp{\|} alternatives for other operations. | |
749 Thus, @samp{\(foo\|bar\)x} matches either @samp{foox} or @samp{barx}. | |
750 | |
751 @item | |
752 To enclose a complicated expression for the postfix operators @samp{*}, | |
753 @samp{+} and @samp{?} to operate on. Thus, @samp{ba\(na\)*} matches | |
754 @samp{bananana}, etc., with any (zero or more) number of @samp{na} | |
755 strings.@refill | |
756 | |
757 @item | |
758 To record a matched substring for future reference. | |
759 @end enumerate | |
760 | |
761 This last application is not a consequence of the idea of a | |
762 parenthetical grouping; it is a separate feature that is assigned as a | |
763 second meaning to the same @samp{\( @dots{} \)} construct. In practice | |
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781 After the end of a @samp{\( @dots{} \)} construct, the matcher remembers | |
782 the beginning and end of the text matched by that construct. Then, | |
783 later on in the regular expression, you can use @samp{\} followed by the | |
784 digit @var{d} to mean ``match the same text matched the @var{d}th time | |
785 by the @samp{\( @dots{} \)} construct.'' | |
786 | |
787 The strings matching the first nine @samp{\( @dots{} \)} constructs | |
788 appearing in a regular expression are assigned numbers 1 through 9 in | |
789 the order that the open-parentheses appear in the regular expression. | |
790 So you can use @samp{\1} through @samp{\9} to refer to the text matched | |
791 by the corresponding @samp{\( @dots{} \)} constructs. | |
792 | |
793 For example, @samp{\(.*\)\1} matches any newline-free string that is | |
794 composed of two identical halves. The @samp{\(.*\)} matches the first | |
795 half, which may be anything, but the @samp{\1} that follows must match | |
796 the same exact text. | |
797 | |
798 If a particular @samp{\( @dots{} \)} construct matches more than once | |
799 (which can easily happen if it is followed by @samp{*}), only the last | |
800 match is recorded. | |
801 | |
802 @item \` | |
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804 buffer (or its accessible portion) being matched against. | |
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806 @item \' | |
40929 | 807 matches the empty string, but only at the end of the string or buffer |
808 (or its accessible portion) being matched against. | |
25829 | 809 |
810 @item \= | |
811 matches the empty string, but only at point. | |
812 | |
813 @item \b | |
814 matches the empty string, but only at the beginning or | |
815 end of a word. Thus, @samp{\bfoo\b} matches any occurrence of | |
816 @samp{foo} as a separate word. @samp{\bballs?\b} matches | |
817 @samp{ball} or @samp{balls} as a separate word.@refill | |
818 | |
819 @samp{\b} matches at the beginning or end of the buffer | |
820 regardless of what text appears next to it. | |
821 | |
822 @item \B | |
823 matches the empty string, but @emph{not} at the beginning or | |
824 end of a word. | |
825 | |
826 @item \< | |
827 matches the empty string, but only at the beginning of a word. | |
828 @samp{\<} matches at the beginning of the buffer only if a | |
829 word-constituent character follows. | |
830 | |
831 @item \> | |
832 matches the empty string, but only at the end of a word. @samp{\>} | |
833 matches at the end of the buffer only if the contents end with a | |
834 word-constituent character. | |
835 | |
836 @item \w | |
837 matches any word-constituent character. The syntax table | |
838 determines which characters these are. @xref{Syntax}. | |
839 | |
840 @item \W | |
841 matches any character that is not a word-constituent. | |
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878 The constructs that pertain to words and syntax are controlled by the | |
879 setting of the syntax table (@pxref{Syntax}). | |
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916 they are searching through, if you specify the text in lower case. | |
917 Thus, if you specify searching for @samp{foo}, then @samp{Foo} and | |
918 @samp{foo} are also considered a match. Regexps, and in particular | |
919 character sets, are included: @samp{[ab]} would match @samp{a} or | |
920 @samp{A} or @samp{b} or @samp{B}.@refill | |
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925 well as to string search. The effect ceases if you delete the | |
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934 @vindex default-case-fold-search |
25829 | 935 If you set the variable @code{case-fold-search} to @code{nil}, then |
936 all letters must match exactly, including case. This is a per-buffer | |
937 variable; altering the variable affects only the current buffer, but | |
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938 there is a default value in @code{default-case-fold-search} that you |
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939 can also set. @xref{Locals}. This variable applies to nonincremental |
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940 searches also, including those performed by the replace commands |
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941 (@pxref{Replace}) and the minibuffer history matching commands |
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942 (@pxref{Minibuffer History}). |
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944 Several related variables control case-sensitivity of searching and |
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945 matching for specific commands or activities. For instance, |
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946 @code{tags-case-fold-search} controls case sensitivity for |
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947 @code{find-tag}. To find these variables, do @kbd{M-x |
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948 apropos-variable @key{RET} case-fold-search @key{RET}}. |
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950 @node Replace |
25829 | 951 @section Replacement Commands |
952 @cindex replacement | |
953 @cindex search-and-replace commands | |
954 @cindex string substitution | |
955 @cindex global substitution | |
956 | |
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957 Global search-and-replace operations are not needed often in Emacs, |
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958 but they are available. In addition to the simple @kbd{M-x |
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959 replace-string} command which replaces all occurrences, |
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960 there is @kbd{M-%} (@code{query-replace}), which presents each occurrence |
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961 of the pattern and asks you whether to replace it. |
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963 The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to the | |
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964 end of the buffer; however, in Transient Mark mode (@pxref{Transient |
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965 Mark}), when the mark is active, they operate on the region. The |
68515 | 966 basic replace commands replace one string (or regexp) with one |
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967 replacement string. It is possible to perform several replacements in |
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968 parallel using the command @code{expand-region-abbrevs} |
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969 (@pxref{Expanding Abbrevs}). |
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971 @menu | |
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972 * Unconditional Replace:: Replacing all matches for a string. |
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973 * Regexp Replace:: Replacing all matches for a regexp. |
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974 * Replacement and Case:: How replacements preserve case of letters. |
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25829 | 976 @end menu |
977 | |
978 @node Unconditional Replace, Regexp Replace, Replace, Replace | |
979 @subsection Unconditional Replacement | |
980 @findex replace-string | |
981 | |
982 @table @kbd | |
983 @item M-x replace-string @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
984 Replace every occurrence of @var{string} with @var{newstring}. | |
985 @end table | |
986 | |
987 To replace every instance of @samp{foo} after point with @samp{bar}, | |
988 use the command @kbd{M-x replace-string} with the two arguments | |
989 @samp{foo} and @samp{bar}. Replacement happens only in the text after | |
990 point, so if you want to cover the whole buffer you must go to the | |
991 beginning first. All occurrences up to the end of the buffer are | |
992 replaced; to limit replacement to part of the buffer, narrow to that | |
993 part of the buffer before doing the replacement (@pxref{Narrowing}). | |
994 In Transient Mark mode, when the region is active, replacement is | |
995 limited to the region (@pxref{Transient Mark}). | |
996 | |
997 When @code{replace-string} exits, it leaves point at the last | |
998 occurrence replaced. It sets the mark to the prior position of point | |
999 (where the @code{replace-string} command was issued); use @kbd{C-u | |
1000 C-@key{SPC}} to move back there. | |
1001 | |
1002 A numeric argument restricts replacement to matches that are surrounded | |
1003 by word boundaries. The argument's value doesn't matter. | |
1004 | |
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1006 replace commands. |
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1011 M-x replace-string @key{RET} x @key{RET} @@TEMP@@ @key{RET} |
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1012 M-< M-x replace-string @key{RET} y @key{RET} x @key{RET} |
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1013 M-< M-x replace-string @key{RET} @@TEMP@@ @key{RET} y @key{RET} |
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1021 @subsection Regexp Replacement | |
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1024 The @kbd{M-x replace-string} command replaces exact matches for a | |
1025 single string. The similar command @kbd{M-x replace-regexp} replaces | |
1026 any match for a specified pattern. | |
1027 | |
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1029 @item M-x replace-regexp @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} |
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1030 Replace every match for @var{regexp} with @var{newstring}. |
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1034 In @code{replace-regexp}, the @var{newstring} need not be constant: |
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1035 it can refer to all or part of what is matched by the @var{regexp}. |
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1036 @samp{\&} in @var{newstring} stands for the entire match being |
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1037 replaced. @samp{\@var{d}} in @var{newstring}, where @var{d} is a |
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1038 digit, stands for whatever matched the @var{d}th parenthesized |
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1039 grouping in @var{regexp}. (This is called a ``back reference.'') |
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1041 command, as a decimal number. In the first replacement, @samp{\#} |
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1043 example, |
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1045 @example | |
1046 M-x replace-regexp @key{RET} c[ad]+r @key{RET} \&-safe @key{RET} | |
1047 @end example | |
1048 | |
1049 @noindent | |
1050 replaces (for example) @samp{cadr} with @samp{cadr-safe} and @samp{cddr} | |
1051 with @samp{cddr-safe}. | |
1052 | |
1053 @example | |
1054 M-x replace-regexp @key{RET} \(c[ad]+r\)-safe @key{RET} \1 @key{RET} | |
1055 @end example | |
1056 | |
1057 @noindent | |
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1058 performs the inverse transformation. To include a @samp{\} in the |
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1059 text to replace with, you must enter @samp{\\}. |
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1063 ask you to edit the replacement string in the minibuffer, putting |
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1064 point where the @samp{\?} was. |
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1066 The remainder of this subsection is intended for specialized tasks |
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1067 and requires knowledge of Lisp. Most readers can skip it. |
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1069 You can use Lisp expressions to calculate parts of the |
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1070 replacement string. To do this, write @samp{\,} followed by the |
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1072 value of the expression and converts it to text without quoting (if |
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1075 expression is a symbol, one space in the replacement string after the |
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1076 symbol name goes with the symbol name, so the value replaces them |
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1077 both. |
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1079 Inside such an expression, you can use some special sequences. |
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1080 @samp{\&} and @samp{\@var{n}} refer here, as usual, to the entire |
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1082 multiple digits, and the value of @samp{\@var{n}} is @code{nil} if |
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25829 | 1107 @node Replacement and Case, Query Replace, Regexp Replace, Replace |
1108 @subsection Replace Commands and Case | |
1109 | |
1110 If the first argument of a replace command is all lower case, the | |
38016 | 1111 command ignores case while searching for occurrences to |
25829 | 1112 replace---provided @code{case-fold-search} is non-@code{nil}. If |
1113 @code{case-fold-search} is set to @code{nil}, case is always significant | |
1114 in all searches. | |
1115 | |
1116 @vindex case-replace | |
1117 In addition, when the @var{newstring} argument is all or partly lower | |
1118 case, replacement commands try to preserve the case pattern of each | |
1119 occurrence. Thus, the command | |
1120 | |
1121 @example | |
1122 M-x replace-string @key{RET} foo @key{RET} bar @key{RET} | |
1123 @end example | |
1124 | |
1125 @noindent | |
1126 replaces a lower case @samp{foo} with a lower case @samp{bar}, an | |
1127 all-caps @samp{FOO} with @samp{BAR}, and a capitalized @samp{Foo} with | |
1128 @samp{Bar}. (These three alternatives---lower case, all caps, and | |
1129 capitalized, are the only ones that @code{replace-string} can | |
1130 distinguish.) | |
1131 | |
1132 If upper-case letters are used in the replacement string, they remain | |
1133 upper case every time that text is inserted. If upper-case letters are | |
1134 used in the first argument, the second argument is always substituted | |
1135 exactly as given, with no case conversion. Likewise, if either | |
1136 @code{case-replace} or @code{case-fold-search} is set to @code{nil}, | |
1137 replacement is done without case conversion. | |
1138 | |
1139 @node Query Replace,, Replacement and Case, Replace | |
1140 @subsection Query Replace | |
1141 @cindex query replace | |
1142 | |
1143 @table @kbd | |
1144 @item M-% @var{string} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
1145 @itemx M-x query-replace @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
1146 Replace some occurrences of @var{string} with @var{newstring}. | |
1147 @item C-M-% @var{regexp} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
1148 @itemx M-x query-replace-regexp @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
1149 Replace some matches for @var{regexp} with @var{newstring}. | |
1150 @end table | |
1151 | |
1152 @kindex M-% | |
1153 @findex query-replace | |
1154 If you want to change only some of the occurrences of @samp{foo} to | |
1155 @samp{bar}, not all of them, then you cannot use an ordinary | |
1156 @code{replace-string}. Instead, use @kbd{M-%} (@code{query-replace}). | |
1157 This command finds occurrences of @samp{foo} one by one, displays each | |
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1163 only occurrences that are bounded by word-delimiter characters. |
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1165 @kindex C-M-% | |
1166 @findex query-replace-regexp | |
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1171 @cindex faces for highlighting query replace |
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1180 @ignore @c Not worth it. | |
1181 @kindex SPC @r{(query-replace)} | |
1182 @kindex DEL @r{(query-replace)} | |
1183 @kindex , @r{(query-replace)} | |
1184 @kindex RET @r{(query-replace)} | |
1185 @kindex . @r{(query-replace)} | |
1186 @kindex ! @r{(query-replace)} | |
1187 @kindex ^ @r{(query-replace)} | |
1188 @kindex C-r @r{(query-replace)} | |
1189 @kindex C-w @r{(query-replace)} | |
1190 @kindex C-l @r{(query-replace)} | |
1191 @end ignore | |
1192 | |
1193 @c WideCommands | |
1194 @table @kbd | |
1195 @item @key{SPC} | |
1196 to replace the occurrence with @var{newstring}. | |
1197 | |
1198 @item @key{DEL} | |
1199 to skip to the next occurrence without replacing this one. | |
1200 | |
1201 @item , @r{(Comma)} | |
1202 to replace this occurrence and display the result. You are then asked | |
1203 for another input character to say what to do next. Since the | |
1204 replacement has already been made, @key{DEL} and @key{SPC} are | |
1205 equivalent in this situation; both move to the next occurrence. | |
1206 | |
1207 You can type @kbd{C-r} at this point (see below) to alter the replaced | |
1208 text. You can also type @kbd{C-x u} to undo the replacement; this exits | |
1209 the @code{query-replace}, so if you want to do further replacement you | |
1210 must use @kbd{C-x @key{ESC} @key{ESC} @key{RET}} to restart | |
1211 (@pxref{Repetition}). | |
1212 | |
1213 @item @key{RET} | |
1214 to exit without doing any more replacements. | |
1215 | |
1216 @item .@: @r{(Period)} | |
1217 to replace this occurrence and then exit without searching for more | |
1218 occurrences. | |
1219 | |
1220 @item ! | |
1221 to replace all remaining occurrences without asking again. | |
1222 | |
1223 @item ^ | |
1224 to go back to the position of the previous occurrence (or what used to | |
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1226 reexamine it. |
25829 | 1227 |
1228 @item C-r | |
1229 to enter a recursive editing level, in case the occurrence needs to be | |
1230 edited rather than just replaced with @var{newstring}. When you are | |
1231 done, exit the recursive editing level with @kbd{C-M-c} to proceed to | |
1232 the next occurrence. @xref{Recursive Edit}. | |
1233 | |
1234 @item C-w | |
1235 to delete the occurrence, and then enter a recursive editing level as in | |
1236 @kbd{C-r}. Use the recursive edit to insert text to replace the deleted | |
1237 occurrence of @var{string}. When done, exit the recursive editing level | |
1238 with @kbd{C-M-c} to proceed to the next occurrence. | |
1239 | |
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1241 to edit the replacement string in the minibuffer. When you exit the |
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1247 to redisplay the screen. Then you must type another character to | |
1248 specify what to do with this occurrence. | |
1249 | |
1250 @item C-h | |
1251 to display a message summarizing these options. Then you must type | |
1252 another character to specify what to do with this occurrence. | |
1253 @end table | |
1254 | |
1255 Some other characters are aliases for the ones listed above: @kbd{y}, | |
1256 @kbd{n} and @kbd{q} are equivalent to @key{SPC}, @key{DEL} and | |
1257 @key{RET}. | |
1258 | |
1259 Aside from this, any other character exits the @code{query-replace}, | |
1260 and is then reread as part of a key sequence. Thus, if you type | |
1261 @kbd{C-k}, it exits the @code{query-replace} and then kills to end of | |
1262 line. | |
1263 | |
1264 To restart a @code{query-replace} once it is exited, use @kbd{C-x | |
1265 @key{ESC} @key{ESC}}, which repeats the @code{query-replace} because it | |
1266 used the minibuffer to read its arguments. @xref{Repetition, C-x ESC | |
1267 ESC}. | |
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1276 | |
1277 Here are some other commands that find matches for a regular | |
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1284 @findex list-matching-lines | |
1285 @findex occur | |
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1290 @findex delete-matching-lines | |
1291 @findex flush-lines | |
1292 @findex keep-lines | |
1293 | |
1294 @table @kbd | |
1295 @item M-x occur @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
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1331 Print the number of matches for @var{regexp} that exist in the buffer |
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1332 after point. In Transient Mark mode, if the region is active, the |
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1333 command operates on the region instead. |
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1336 This command deletes each line that contains a match for @var{regexp}, |
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1337 operating on the text after point; it deletes the current line |
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1338 if it contains a match starting after point. In Transient Mark mode, |
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1339 if the region is active, the command operates on the region instead; |
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1340 it deletes a line partially contained in the region if it contains a |
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1341 match entirely contained in the region. |
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1343 If a match is split across lines, @code{flush-lines} deletes all those |
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1344 lines. It deletes the lines before starting to look for the next |
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1345 match; hence, it ignores a match starting on the same line at which |
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1346 another match ended. |
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1348 @item M-x keep-lines @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
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1349 This command deletes each line that @emph{does not} contain a match for |
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1350 @var{regexp}, operating on the text after point; if point is not at the |
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1351 beginning of a line, it always keeps the current line. In Transient |
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1352 Mark mode, if the region is active, the command operates on the region |
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1353 instead; it never deletes lines that are only partially contained in |
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1354 the region (a newline that ends a line counts as part of that line). |
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1356 If a match is split across lines, this command keeps all those lines. |
25829 | 1357 @end table |
1358 | |
52401 | 1359 @ignore |
1360 arch-tag: fd9d8e77-66af-491c-b212-d80999613e3e | |
1361 @end ignore |