How to change 1 of the 2 exact same lines in text file using find and replace

Batuhan Hınçal

Hello i have encountered a problem
i have 2 of these exact couple of lines

				<!--Team Block-->
					<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12">
                                ...some unnecessary code...
				<!--Team Block-->
					<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12">

like this
but i want to add a class to only the first line using find and replace, unfortunetly it changes the second line like first one but i dont want this to happen (yes i can do that by hand, but i have around 2000 copies of them and my time gap is narrow)
im sorry my english is really bad and my subject is really confusing .

PeterJones

@Batuhan-Hınçal ,

Can’t you just click REPLACE once, instead of REPLACE ALL, and it will just find the first instance?
I guess that won’t work if you’re using the Find in Files dialog.

FIND = (?s)\A^(.*?<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12)(">)
REPLACE = $1 newClass$2
REPLACE ALL (or, presumably, REPLACE IN FILES)

will change

<!--Team Block-->
<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12">
...some unnecessary code...
<!--Team Block-->
<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12">

to

<!--Team Block-->
<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12 newClass">
...some unnecessary code...
<!--Team Block-->
<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12">

caveat emptor

This regex seemed to work for me, based on my understanding of your issue, and is published here to help you learn how to do this. I make no guarantees or warranties as to the functionality for you. You are responsible to save and backup all data before and after running this regex.

Batuhan Hınçal

@PeterJones Really Thanks for your suggestion i’am really new into notepad++, i’ll try it right now.

Batuhan Hınçal

@PeterJones it worked, you’re a big man with big heart you saved me precious hours of my time

I wish a lot of people help you in your life, god bless you.