Regex to find/replace improperly-closed tags

regex-replace-unclosed-xml

# Regex to find/replace improperly-closed tags
For situations with `<dc:title>Title<dc:title>` errors, etc. Syntax works with Sublime Text 2 directory-wide search. Example uses DC. NOTE: This search relies on line-breaks separating the tags you're looking at. Otherwise it can catch the second start tag, because "." includes everything except new lines.

## For Prefixed Tags

Find: <dc:(.+)>(.+)<dc:(.+)>
Replace With: <dc:\1>\2<\/dc:\3>

## For Non-Prefixed Tags

Find: <(.+)>(.+)<([^/].+)>
Replace with: <\1>\2<\/\3>

## If no attributes present

Works for extremely simple XML.

Find: <(.+)>(.+)<(\1)>
Replace with: <\1>\2<\/\1>

Disclaimers: No liability assumed, these should be taken as a starting point rather than an ending one. This scenario covers elements which contain text other basic information, not ones which contain child elements. Depending on tag contents, it may need to be slightly more complicated, test on known file before doing directory-wide search.