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HTML
<span>*</span>
<br>
<span>*</span>
<br>
<span>hdhdf</span>
CSS
/*span[text='*']
{
color:red;
}
span:empty{color:blue;}
:not(span){color:blue;}*/
JavaScript
$('span')
.filter(function(){ return $(this).text() == '*'; })
.css('color','#ef8913');