# Find/Replace cannot handle white space character replacement

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-cannot-handle-white-space-character-replacement/93134>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [July 12, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-cannot-handle-white-space-character-replacement/93134 "2024-07-12T10:20:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![liam1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@liam1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/liam1)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-cannot-handle-white-space-character-replacement/93134/1 "2024-07-12T10:20:54Z")

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I'm trying to do a find and replace on a tag path which before contained a white space which I removed.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/d/fdf49a4cea67f619e7fe11c4d62e48bce5e008bc.png)

But it seems the white space on the find is not see as part of the replacement characters.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-cannot-handle-white-space-character-replacement/93134/2 "2024-07-12T11:55:22Z")

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Hmm. Looks like a bug worth reporting.