[GNC] Global replacement of the name of Payee (Description)

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On Sunday, April 20th, 2025 at 10:28, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
> On April 20, 2025 01:50:07 Shashi Gupta mfskanpur at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > Is there any utility/template for any existing Description globally. For
> > example, if I wish to change the payee or description from Tata Steel to
> > Tata Steel Ltd.
> > If yes, from where can I learn the same?
> >
> 
> Sorry, no.
> Each transaction has its own description, and needs to be adjusted
> individually.
> -derek

If you are storing your GnuCash data in files, you can choose to 
save them uncompressed, the default being compressed, in which case
you would be able to do a simple global replace on the string you 
wish to alter.

Obviously: back up your file before editing it by hand.