Wrap Each * on a Page Using jQuery

Question

I need to wrap each asterisks on a page with . The few things I\'ve tried don\'t work. I think what this boils down to is

Answer 1

This is a bit dirty and risky (explained below), but you could try the following:

var allHTML = $("body").html();
allHTML = allHTML.replace(/\*/g, "*");
$("body").html(allHTML);

http://jsfiddle.net/6rDK4/

Note: As Dogbert pointed out this might replace * characters that are within HTML tags, e.g. node attributes.

EDIT: Bear in mind that this might reattach all the scripts you have in your body though! Try replacing body with your main container.

EDIT2: VisioN posted a more elaborate but a lot safer solution.