# \[FEATURE\] Add ability to search with regex in Find/Replace tool

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-ability-to-search-with-regex-in-find-replace-tool/78667>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 1, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-ability-to-search-with-regex-in-find-replace-tool/78667 "2023-09-01T12:12:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-ability-to-search-with-regex-in-find-replace-tool/78667/1 "2023-09-01T12:12:16Z")

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The ability to find and replace using regex would make the find/replace tool _ **infinitely** _ more useful.

Right now, I'm searching for "part\_id" in Views, tags, and scripts, where I don't want partial word matches. Of course, it's not possible at the moment and I have 83 matches where most of them are partials ☹

Vote here:

> **[Add ability to search with regex in Find/Replace tool | Ignition Features and...](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/add-ability-to-search-with-regex-in-findreplace-tool)**
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> The ability to find and replace using regex would make the find/replace tool infinitely more useful.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-ability-to-search-with-regex-in-find-replace-tool/78667/2 "2023-09-01T12:50:00Z")

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This one's already on our backlog, for what it's worth.