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---
title: str find-replace
layout: command
version: 0.59.0
---
finds and replaces text
## Signature
```> str find-replace (find) (replace) ...rest --all```
## Parameters
- `find`: the pattern to find
- `replace`: the replacement pattern
- `...rest`: optionally find and replace text by column paths
- `--all`: replace all occurrences of find string
## Examples
Find and replace contents with capture group
```shell
> 'my_library.rb' | str find-replace '(.+).rb' '$1.nu'
```
Find and replace all occurrences of find string
```shell
> 'abc abc abc' | str find-replace -a 'b' 'z'
```
Find and replace all occurrences of find string in table
```shell
> [[ColA ColB ColC]; [abc abc ads]] | str find-replace -a 'b' 'z' ColA ColC
```