# Changing some character in Application

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/changing-some-character-in-application/192451>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [January 4, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/changing-some-character-in-application/192451 "2017-01-04T20:00:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sarabjeet\_Pal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Sarabjeet\_Pal](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Sarabjeet_Pal)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/changing-some-character-in-application/192451/1 "2017-01-04T20:00:58Z")

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Hi All

we have a requirement where we need to change a specific type of character present in pda,program,subprogram to something else.Initial analysis says there are around 5000+ object which needs to be changed.We want to know if there is any easy way to automate this task instead doing it manually,

Example- Say we need to change all AB to CD.

Thanks

Regards  
Sarabjeet Pal

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/changing-some-character-in-application/192451/2 "2017-01-04T21:35:03Z")

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The System Command SCAN has a REPLACE option, but be careful not to change more than you intended.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/changing-some-character-in-application/192451/3 "2021-04-02T15:37:40Z")

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