# How to replace a string/character in topic title?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-a-string-character-in-topic-title/72922>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [27 Ottobre 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-a-string-character-in-topic-title/72922 "2017-10-27T10:44:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [27 Ottobre 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-a-string-character-in-topic-title/72922/1 "2017-10-27T10:44:12Z")

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I want to replace all the `-` in the topic **title** with a single space.

this command will do it for all the posts, how can I change it so that only a **topic-title** get affected?

` rake posts:remap["-"," "]`

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