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diff --git a/doc/operations.qdoc b/doc/operations.qdoc index 85a17a581..904421beb 100644 --- a/doc/operations.qdoc +++ b/doc/operations.qdoc @@ -90,8 +90,16 @@ is treated as ASCII text. \row \li Replace - \li "Replace" \c file \c search \ replace - \li Opens \c file to find \c search string and replaces that with the \c replace string. + \li "Replace" \c file \c search \c replace \c mode + \li Opens \c file to find \c search string and replaces that with the \c replace string, + using \c mode that can be either \c string or \c regex. For regular expressions + containing capturing groups, occurrences of \c \1, \c \2, ..., in \c replace are + replaced with the string captured by the corresponding capturing group. + + Note that testing the operation using \c devtool does not support commas inside the + \c search pattern as they are used as argument separators. When using \c regex mode you + should also ensure the \c search pattern adheres to \c QRegularExpression class + documentation, particularly to the escaping rules for characters. \row \li LineReplace \li "LineReplace" \c file \c search \c replace |