Search and Replace tool

The Search and Replace tool performs find-and-replace on block text. The search/replace pairs themselves are supplied programmatically or by the configured command; the schema-visible options here control matching behaviour — literal versus regular-expression mode, case sensitivity, and whether the replacement scans source, target, or both.

When regular-expression mode is on, the case, dot-all, and multiline flags are applied to every pattern. By default the tool replaces all matches in target text only.

IDsearch-replace

SourceBuilt-in

Categorytext-processing

Cardinalitymonolingual

Tagsregex, configurable

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`dotAll`	boolean	false	Make the period character match every character including line-feed
`ignoreCase`	boolean	false	Ignore case when matching search patterns
`multiLine`	boolean	false	Make ^ and $ match at the beginning and end of each line
`regEx`	boolean	false	Enable regular expression mode for all search patterns
`replaceAll`	boolean	true	Replace all matches instead of only the first
`source`	boolean	false	Perform search and replace on source content
`target`	boolean	true	Perform search and replace on target content

Configure these parameters interactively and copy the flow-step YAML on the Tool Reference.

Examples

Replace a literal string in targets

Use literal matching on target text only.

target: true
ignoreCase: false

Case-insensitive regex over both scopes

Enable regex mode with case folding across source and target.

regEx: true
ignoreCase: true
source: true
target: true

Processing notes

Operates on translatable blocks only; non-translatable blocks pass through unchanged.
When neither source nor target is set, the tool applies to both for backward compatibility.

Limitations

Regular expressions use Go's RE2 syntax, which does not support backreferences or lookaround.
The search/replace pairs are supplied programmatically; only the matching options appear in the schema.

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