OCMod not finding blocks of code - opencart2.x

Question

What is up with OCMod? It will not find a block of code [that I need to replace]
Here is what I have in my mod:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<modification>
<file path="catalog/controller/information/information.php">
<operation>
<search><![CDATA[$data['breadcrumbs'] = array();]]></search>
<add position="after"><![CDATA[$template = 'newproducts.tpl';]]></add>
</operation>
<operation>
<search>
<![CDATA[
if (file_exists(DIR_TEMPLATE . $this->config->get('config_template') . '/template/information/information.tpl')) {
$this->response->setOutput($this->load->view($this->config->get('config_template') . '/template/information/information.tpl', $data));
} else {
$this->response->setOutput($this->load->view('default/template/information/information.tpl', $data));
}
]]>
</search>
<add position="after"><![CDATA[echo 'booooooger';]]></add>
</operation>
</file>
</modification>
the First operation works just fine, the second does not find the block of code in the search [and it is there exactly - I've synced and diffed the files it IS there] Here is the error:
FILE: catalog/controller/information/information.php
CODE: $data['breadcrumbs'] = array();
LINE: 8
CODE: if (file_exists(DIR_TEMPLATE . $this->config->get('config_template') . '/template/information/information.tpl')) {
$this->response->setOutput($this->load->view($this->config->get('config_template') . '/template/information/information.tpl', $data));
} else {
$this->response->setOutput($this->load->view('default/template/information/information.tpl', $data));
}
NOT FOUND!
I've tried the search with the trim attribute set to both true and false... no luck.
How do I get this to work?

Answer 1

I suggest to use single line search, if you want to search multiline then you need to use regex or more.
<operation>
<search>
<![CDATA[
$this->response->setOutput($this->load->view('default/template/information/information.tpl', $data));
]]>
</search>
<add position="after" offset="1">
<![CDATA[
echo 'booooooger';
]]>
</add>
</operation>