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3 years ago I just tried this again, adding --precise to the command, but that didn't help either.
wp search-replace 'https://www.yummytoddlerfood.com/advice/cooking-tips/(.*)' 'https://www.yummytoddlerfood.com/\1' --regex --precise --skip-columns=guid --dry-run
Every time I run the command, the number of instances goes down, until it finally hits 0. In the above case, the first run replaced 85 instances. Running again replaced 8. Then 3. Then 2, and finally 0.
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mkopala
Bug Report
Describe the current, buggy behavior
I'm running a regex search-replace after changing permalink settings. The goal is to update hardcoded internal links so they do not need to go through redirects.
When I run the regex command, it makes some successful replacements -- but it's not consistently replacing everything. If I run the exact same command again, it will replace some more... and I have to repeat that several times until it says no more replacements were made. (At that point, I'm assuming it's actually replaced all the instances, though I'm also not sure of that.)
I've seen this on multiple sites, on different hosts, with a few different old permalink formats. For example, changing from
/%year%/%month%/%postname%/to/%postname%/, or/%category%/%postname%/to/%postname%/.Describe how other contributors can replicate this bug
Run a command similar to this one on a site (with hundreds of posts), where many replacements need to be made. (In this case the goal is to strip
/seasonal-recipes/from the URLs).wp search-replace 'https://www.domain.com/seasonal-recipes/(.*)' 'https://www.domain.com/\1' --regex --skip-columns=guidDescribe what you would expect as the correct outcome
All instances in the database (except in the
guidcolumns) would be replaced on the first run.Let us know what environment you are running this on
Provide additional context/Screenshots
Here is a screenshot of running the exact same command several times in a row. If it had successfully replaced all instances on the first run, the second run should have no replacements.
Thank you!! 😁