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HTML
<ul>
<li class="one two"></li>
<li class="nav three active"></li>
<li class="four nav4"></li>
</ul>
JavaScript
$('ul').find('li[class*="nav"]').html('abc');
<ul>
<li class="one two"></li>
<li class="nav three active"></li>
<li class="four nav4"></li>
</ul>
$('ul').find('li[class*="nav"]').html('abc');