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Asked: 2026-06-17T18:25:00+00:00

I am trying to append some text (e.g. Fish) to the end of every

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I am trying to append some text (e.g. “Fish”) to the end of every line in a file using Visual Studio or SQL Server Management Studio using the following settings in the find/replace dialog:

  • Find what: $
  • Replace with: Fish
  • Use Regular expressions: Checked

This mostly does the job, but for a handful of lines it not only appends “Fish” to the end of the line it also puts it at the beginning of the line. I can’t discern any pattern to this behaviour it seems to be almost random, with the larger the file the more lines tending to go wrong.

A similar find/replace with ^ (to put text at the beginning of the line) works with no problem.

Anybody know why this is happening? And also, are there any better suggestions for achieving what I want to?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m not sure why you’re seeing that, but you might try something like:

    Find: ^.*$ 
Replace: \0Fish
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