I want to do a search and replace on FOO1, except where it occurs within the text of an external link, e.g. [<a href="https://www.blah.bar/">https://www.blah.bar/</a> blah FOO1 more text]. <br><br>I was using    -exceptinsidetag:hyperlink   but eventually realized it only excludes hits within the actual url.<br>

<br>I&#39;m guessing I need to use exceptinside, but not sure how. Can someone give me some guidance?<br><br>I&#39;m already using -regex. The actual command I&#39;m using is:<br><br>python replace.py -regex &quot;(?si)\b((?:FOO1|FOO2))\b(.*$)&quot; &quot;[[\\1]]\\2&quot; -exceptinsidetag:link -exceptinsidetag:hyperlink -exceptinsidetag:header -exceptinsidetag:nowiki -exceptinsidetag:ref -excepttext:&quot;(?si)\[\[((?:FOO1|FOO2)[\|\]])&quot; -namespace:0 -namespace:102 -namespace:4 -summary:&quot;[[Appropedia:Wikilink bot]] adding double square brackets to: FOO1|FOO2.&quot; -log -xml:currentdump.xml<br>

<br>(Not that I understand regex much - I had lots of help getting there.)<br><br>Many thanks for any help!<br><br>-- <br>Chris Watkins<br><br>Appropedia.org - Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.<br><br><a href="http://blogs.appropedia.org" target="_blank">blogs.appropedia.org</a><br>

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