Find and replace

Prompts you to pick replacement text and which words to be replaced, then finds it and swaps it out for your choice.

Actions Used

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Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
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Replace Text
Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Find%20and%20replace
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Find%20and%20replace
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Find and replace” end tell

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