#26

+1 for this feature.

Is there any specific reason why this fundamental feature was not implemented from the beginning ?

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#27

+1
Considering the dynamic nature of your notes and links this will be a really useful feature

#28

Appreciate your saying about “not owning but to make them available to other tools”, think that’s the core value of Obsidian

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#29

+100500. Of course I can always open the folder in VS Code and replace there, but it would be way nicer to do it in Obsidian.

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#30

+1000

Any updates on this?

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#31

My Method to Change an Obsidian link in all notes

(MOC=Map of Content, or index of notes)
Let’s suppose I used MOC Alpha to refer to in many other notes. But now, I want to change these links to another existing note, MOC Beta. I make the following:

  • I rename MOC Beta temporally (e. g. to MOC Beta X).
  • I Rename MOC Alpha to MOC Beta. So all referring links will be changed.
  • I move the content of the (actual) MOC Beta, or make a copy of it with other name, as desired.
  • I delete the actual MOC Beta file (the ex MOC Alpha).
  • I rename MOC Beta X to MOC Beta again. All notes that referred to MOC Alpha before, are pointing to MOC Beta now.
  • Done. (I may edit the content of the new MOC Beta. I can also reinstall MOC Alpha from the copy if necessary.)
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#32

Any news on this feature ? Thanks !

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#33

Along these same lines, it’d be great to be able to run a search and apply the find/replace for only the notes in those search results.

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#34

+1

I’m a writer, note a coder. This must be a simple operation. I spent hours today trying to find a solution. Tried to learn sed, VS Code, echo… But it should be built into Obsidian. To write a tag should be a simple operation: you grab the files and drop in the tag.

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#35

Any news on this fundamental feature ?

Current workaround : use bulk find&replace of Sublime Text, VSCode, etc…

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#37

It’s not this.

#38

…ping +1 please.

#39

+1 Would also be useful in changing fieldnames for Dataview globally. I was able to do it with VS Code, however.

#40

+1, please!

#41

+1, Please.

#42

There is another possibility I don’t think I saw mentioned. For those of you who know and love vim, all you need to do is put the obsidian editor into vim mode and you have a complete search and search and replace mode ready and waiting for you. No plugins or set up needed

#43

I’ve been searching around the forum to find a solution for changing all the tags in a vault into backlinks. This thread seems close enough.
I have imported my notes from evernote, I have around hundred tags to change into backlinks because I want to change the way I work with tags.

I’m on Windows, I could use a tool like Notepad++, but I don’t know how to write a regex for that.
Anyone have a clue? Regex or any other solution that would not be changing tag by tag?

Thanks

#44

+1. I can see using this to replace the file path of linked external media if the folder it’s kept in has to get moved (i.e. if I were to move that folder of photos, etc. from the desktop to an external hard drive)

#45

+1, please :upside_down_face:

#46

+1, we really need this function.