How to use regular expression in visual studio 2017 for find and replace

Question

I have script tags everywhere in CSHML files. Something like below

<script src="~/Areas/Users/Somefilename.js"></script>

Using the regular expression i want to replace it using Visual Studio 2017 find and replace with the following

 @Scripts.Render("~/Areas/Users/Somefilename.js")

The path parameter remains the same.

So based on the SO post

In find box i put <script src=.*></script>
and in replace box i put @Scripts.Render($1)

it finds the line in cshtml but replace does not work. It actually puts $1 instead of the path. @Scripts.Render($1)

You did not define a capturing group, use `` – Wiktor Stribiżew Dec 12 '17 at 22:22 — Wiktor Stribiżew, Dec 12 '17 at 22:22

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 12 '17 at 22:22

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Just wrap you .* in brackets like this (.*). This will capture the value and enable the replacement.

answered Dec 12 '17 at 22:22

dnickless

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