Replace (to change links)

Xen le Cam

Archive.org has just changed their links.

For instance, I would change all the links:
<a href=“https://archive.org/stream/textvariable”>
to:
<a href=“https://archive.org/details/textvariable?view=theater”>
textvariable is a variable
the changes concern:

stream > details
and add ?view=theater betwen / and "

Is there a solution?
Thanks very much!

PeterJones

@Xavier-Negre ,

Is there a solution?

very likely, yes.

It would help if you gave us better example data than a single instance, however.

My best guess as to what you want:
original data:

<a href="https://archive.org/stream/textvariable">
<a href="https://archive.org/stream/othertext">
<a href="https://dontchange.example.url/somethingelse">
<a href="https://archive.org/stream/somethingelse">

desired data:

<a href="https://archive.org/details/textvariable?view=theater">
<a href="https://archive.org/details/othertext?view=theater">
<a href="https://dontchange.example.url/somethingelse">
<a href="https://archive.org/details/somethingelse?view=theater">

FIND = href="https://archive.org/stream/([^"]*)"
REPLACE = href="https://archive.org/details/${1}?view=theater"
SEARCH MODE = regular expression
REPLACE ALL

If this isn’t the right behavior, you need to describe your problem better. Follow the advice below.
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PeterJones

@PeterJones said in Replace (to change links):

FIND = href=“https://archive.org/stream/([^"]*)”
REPLACE = href=“https://archive.org/details/${1}?view=theater”

I forgot a quick explanation: most of that is simple text in the search and replace.

SEARCH: The [^"]* says "search for 0 or more characters that aren’t a quote-mark. The () wrapping that section says “save that text (which you called textvariable) into capture group #1”. The quote at the end is literal text again.
REPLACE: most is literal text. the ${1} says to take the contents of group#1 and use that in the replacement string.

Xen le Cam

It works! It’s fantastic… and magic!
Thanks very much indeed, for the solution and the comment: very good!