NOTEPAD++ correcting image file path using FIND & REPLACE feature

Question

I have thousands of html files that i need to edit to correct the image file path. I am wondering if I can add the folder name in the path using NOTEPAD++ FIND AND REPLACE feature. Anyone knows if this can be done using NOTEPAD++?

If I have this tag below and I like to add a folder name before the image filename, I like to know if we can automate notepad++ to add the folder name "images" using FIND AND REPLACE.

FROM

<img src="a002p.jpg">

RESULT I LIKE TO ACHIEVE

<img src="images/a002p.jpg">

I tried the steps as shown in the screenshot and that didn't solve the problem.

https://i.sstatic.net/636xf.jpg

Answer 1

• Ctrl+H
• Find what: "(?=\w+\.jpg")
• Replace with: "images/
• UNCHECK Match case
• CHECK Wrap around
• CHECK Regular expression
• UNCHECK . matches newline
• Replace all

Explanation:

"           # a double quote
(?=         # positive lookahead, make sure (but don't capture) we have after:
    \w+         # 1 or more word character (you may use .+? if you have other character than word char)
    \.jpg       # extension (you may use \.(?:jpe?g|png|gif) if you have other extensions)
"           # a double quote
)           # end lookahead

Screenshot (before):

Screenshot (after):