Can we directly edit data/pages/*.txt ?

Hi all,

we've been using DokuWiki for documenting our 3D engine at www.cafu.de/wiki for years, and we're 
very happy with it!  

Now we'd like to globally "Search and Replace" some URLs and names in all wiki pages.
Can we do this by directly editing the contents of the data/pages/*.txt files?

Page locking is not a concern, and having changelog entries for these changes is not required as 
well.
However, are we safe from inadvertently creating any inconsistencies regarding the DokuWiki 
internals when directly editing the data/pages/*.txt files?
Anything to be aware of?

Thank you very much,
and best regards,
Carsten

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