replacing values with "*****"

[hurryupfool123]

I have a field "users" that spits out the result "*****" 

I want to replace the ***** with an IP address its actually related to...  i.e.

replace ***** with (12.13.12.13). so that when ever ****** pops up on my table its replaced with the IP's above.

but everytime I search I get a failure stating I can't use consecutive ******  

|replace "*****" with  (12.13.12.13)  

how can I literally reference ***** as a strings instead of SPL thinking I am saying to search anything bc of the ****** 

[isoutamo · Accepted solution]

Please try to escape every * with \. Basically that means “\*\*\*\*\*”. Some cases you must use more than one \ to escape character.
r. Ismo

[hurryupfool123]

thank you!  don't know why I didn't think of that!