atom tutorial - Find and Replace in atom-editor - atom io , atom ide , atom github , atom editor
The find and replace feature in Atom works in two ways, one operates locally only on the file you are in, and the other on a set of files or directories.
- Open the find and replace tool for a single file, press Ctrl+F (For Mac OS use ⌘+F).
- Enter in the first blank the string you are searching for.
- Press the Enter key to find all instances of the string.
- To the right of the Find button are the regex, case sensitive, in selection, and whole word option buttons.
- The Use Regex button allows you to search for regex characters such as \n, \t, \r and regex statements /^[a-z0-9_-]{3,16}$/.
- The Case Sensitive button - when active - will only find strings with the same case (capitalizations).
- The Only in Selection option will only find instances of the string in highlighted sections of the file.
- The Whole Word option will only find delimited instances, not when the string is part of a larger portion.
- Clicking the Replace button will take the first instance found with the Find method and replace them with the contents of the replace field (even if it is empty).
- Clicking the Replace All button will replace all instances found with the Find method and replace them all at once with the contents of the replace field.