my $line = shift;
 
        $line = esc_html($line, -nbsp=>1);
-       if ($line =~ m/\b([0-9a-fA-F]{8,40})\b/) {
-               my $hash_text = $1;
-               my $link =
-                       $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"object", hash=>$hash_text),
-                               -class => "text"}, $hash_text);
-               $line =~ s/$hash_text/$link/;
-       }
+       $line =~ s{\b([0-9a-fA-F]{8,40})\b}{
+               $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"object", hash=>$1),
+                                       -class => "text"}, $1);
+       }eg;
+
        return $line;
 }