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Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

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Regex: Change the order of the lines from the last one to first one (multiple files)

I have this lines (sentences) that must be changed in the opposite direction, from 40 to 1 (and vice versa) (into 125 files, that is why I need a regex solution) for multiple files. 1. I go home. 2. ...
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How can I remove a timestamp with text after it in Notepad++?

Tried \d and such but I'm a new user to Notepad++ [\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}] [Server thread/WARN]: Command Block chain tried to execute more than 0 steps! Tried this currently but says it cannot find it. ...
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Notepad++ XML - Delete Tags Conditionally Based on Child Tag Content not containing certain content

I've got a large xml file where i need to remove some child elements if they do not contain the right start of a the content of a nested child element. My xml file looks like this: <product> ...
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Multiple line Find & replace - Notepad++ , regex, copy a text from a particular line and replace in another line

I'm facing a herculean task in multiline find and replace (explained in separate parts). The solution I seek involves using regex in Notepad++ with either the built in Find & Replace or with the ...
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Regex: Find those particular html tags that contain these words (strings)

I have this tags: <span class="text_obisnuit2">* Not&#259;:</span>John Wells - <em>My Dreams</em>, Albatros Books, 1986.</p> and this one: <span class=&...
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How to add new line based on existing word in Notepad++ Using Regex

I am looking to add a new line based the existing word in Notepad++ using regex. For example , I have below files with multiple create table statements and i need to add "drop table if exists &...
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Regex: Put comma in its place after replacing the content of one html tag with the content of another html tag

I have these 2 html tags: <title>The Secret Is Elsewhere</title> <meta name="keywords" content="love, find, car, diamond"/> With the regex below I can replace the ...
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How do I change the url hover link color in Notepad++

I'm using the latest version of Notepad++ (7.6.3), and I would like to change the color of the hyperlinks when I hover over them. I found this wiki about clickable links, but it seems the information ...
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notepad++: How to return to previous position? without mark than position previously

If I am editing a large document in notepad++, Then, I press Ctrl+End and the curso goes to the end of the file. Is there any method to position the cursor in the previous position?
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How to find-and-replace text with regular expression

I have multiple lines like this(with multiple random numbers): value:"200 text.text.text.text value:"235437 text.text.11.text value:"12835 text.text.17.text value:"347783 text.text....
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How to do this in Notepad++?

I have thousands of lines that look like this: Username | Password | Account Status | Region | Email | Summoner Name | BE | RP | RP Refunds | Level | Curr Rank | Prev Rank | Champs | Skins | Last ...
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Regex: Find/Delete all these specific words from one specific html tag

I have this html tag <p class="text_obisnuit2"></p> In this tag there are some words (other tags) such as <strong> or </strong>. Also <em> or </em> ...
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Attempting to delete executable shows error that the file is in use by that same executable

I've been doing some C++ programming in Notepad++ and, seemingly randomly, updates to the code did not modify the output, so I opened it up in Windows' file explorer to delete the executable, however ...
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Search for colors

I'm looking for a way to find all CSS colors (HEX) in a directory recursively, I don't know the colors i'll be looking for so I want a way using notepad++ or any linux command to find strings that ...
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Regex to display the initial letters of the sentences replacing the remaining letters with asterisks or dots

I try to find a regex to replace text in this format balle spaziali bambole e botte calda emozione fuori di testa giovani diavoli ragazze vincenti ore contate in this way b.... s....... b...... e b......
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Notepad++ Modifying a string with same string plus additional text multiple times

a similar question was asked on the below thread and i was able to get it working partially Notepad++ find and replace within a constant string didn't wanted to create a new question as wanted to ask ...
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How do I filter an XML file to find all of one type of tag with any invalid values?

I was messing around with notepad++, but seem to find an easy way to do this. I think grep might work, but I an not totally sure how. I have a file, that has certain tags, I want to find all of the ...
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Notepad++ auto completion does not work

My Notepad++ autocompletion does not work properly. I set Preferences > Auto-completion > HTML tags to be checked. But nothing happens. After I typed both tags, say <h1></h1>, the ...
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How to add text to the end of every url in notepad++?

I have a big text file that contains urls that all begin with the same domain name but vary in the rest of the url. Is there any way to search for the line beginning with http://test.domain and insert ...
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.txt file context menu > Open is opening Registry Editor

When I right-click .txt files and choose Edit, the file is opened in Notepad++. But when I choose Open (or double-click the file), I expect the same thing, but the Windows registry editor (regedit.exe)...
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Customize Notepad++ XML Tools plugin shortcuts

I use the XML Tools Notepad++ plugin and its command "Pretty print", however I'd like to change it's shortcut. I was not able to find the command in the "Settings > Shortcut Mapper......
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How do I add a number at the end of every line in Notepad++?

I have 23,000 lines, and I need to add the number 1 at the end of every line. How can I do this? Right now: [line1]TEXT [line2]TEXT What I would want: [line1]TEXT1 [line2]TEXT1
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Mass Replace commenting code with notepad++

Notepad++ Im looking for a Way to Mass Commenting (and the code to undo it) a block of text. Ignoring other parts of the same file; but at the same time respecting some differences in each block. ...
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Regex: Select text/string between symbols that contains another symbol (tags that contains specific string)

I want to select all text between => and => only if contains [ or ] I love you => predici-video [date] => between myself and her. so, only this => predici-video [date] =>
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Regular Expression to match pattern

I am trying to find all matches for the two following lines: :Potato: Potato(3) : and :Tomato: 11 Of course these words (Potato,Tomato) can be random words and the numbers from 1-99 . Any help ...
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Beautify columns (alignment)

I'm using notepad++ and I'm wasting time aligning my columns, is there a way to go from this: hello a blabla world! b blabla asda c blabla fasda d blabla To this: hello a ...
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How to format VBA code to 80 columns?

I have some VBA code where lines are long and want to send it somewhere, where is (not 100% strict) limit 80 chars on line. VBA allows to create to break line of code by placing " _" before &...
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How do I add text to each line with different content in Notepad++?

I have the following text : [email protected]:Golden-Ball [email protected]:SilverBall [email protected]:Copper_Ball [email protected]:Encourage sissleib6930@stu....
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How do I delete characters after 10th character from xml tags Notepad++?

I have a xml file with repeated xml tags where I want to trim the string length to 10 characters Data: <Item> <ItemNumber>1</ItemNumber> <Description>Lorem Ipsum Lorem Ipsum<...
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Regex: Select the particular html tag that contains this word, and that has nothing left after it

I have these two tags: <p class="text_obisnuit2">Leadership: Do you love me?</p> and this one: <p class="text_obisnuit2">Leadership: </p> So, I have more ...
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windows 10 - how to associate "edit" for .cmd files to notepad++ in context menu?

I would like to be able to right-click on a .cmd file in win10 (or windows server 2019), choose edit and have notepad++ open the file. I have a mixture of file types (as in 'nix text files) that are ...
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How can I tell Notepad++ to always use a particular language with a particular file extension

I've associated .xul with Notepad++ so if I double-click on a .xul file, it will open in Notepad++. But Notepad++ doesn't know that XUL is just a particular type of XML, so I then have to manually ...
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How I can mark lines between two text strings using regular expressions option in Notepad ++?

I am trying to simply mark and replace all the lines in in Notepad++ file enclosed by two words/text e.g. PERMI & EQUALSI (see attached figure). How I can do that using regular expressions ...
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How to remove what are apparently control characters in notepad++?

I have some entries in notepad++ ive never seen before. I have highlighted squares on many lines with SGCI SSA PU1 PU2 MW and SPA within which if copy/pasted here all translate to/become `` I'm ...
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Notepad++ to enter new line and not get indented hotkey?

Auto-indent in Notepad++ sometimes turns out to be very annoying - e.g. when we work with text/note file. Very often do I want to enter a new line and the cursor is NOT indented i.e. at the beginning ...
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notepad++ regex does not replace but deletes

I can't make a simple replacement with notepad++ regex. I need to put newline after the line that starts with a number. 5. Rock Capitolo 1 – Il camion This regex deletes the first line, instead of ...
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Adding a specific line after finding a pariticular line

I have a huge codebase containing 400-500 files. In most of the files we have these kind of lines: <cfcatch type="any"> / <cfcatch type="database"> / <cfcatch> ...
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How to know cursor position index in an editor

I'm working with an HTML file, and I need to know my cursor position index in the overall file. In Visual Studio, I can see the line number and column number in status bar. In Notepad++ too, in the ...
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Remove "example" between ahref string

Can you guys help me with this? I know there exist a ctrl + alt and then select but i want to use a code something like(example: (<a) "[0-9a-f-]")* <a "Testt 22" href="...
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Append line by line text

I've two files one with content - Bob Mike John Other with content - Sesek Wang Bel I want copy content of second file and append them line by line in first file like - Bob Sesek Mike Wang John Bel ...
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How to add default extensions with the Notepad++ Run... feature?

I regularly use notepad++ for editing my AutoHotkey scripts. I like to use the notepad++>Run feature to test them and validate them. It works good but here's what would take it to the next level -- ...
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How to find more than 7 specific symbol in a line?

i have some text data in Notepad++ as below, I want to find the rows which having greater than 7 ; (semicolons) and after the 7th semicolon the line should move to next line. sdkjfkdf;asdkjfhkhsdf;...
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Remove multiline comments from Notepad++ using regex

I have some SQL Code which has lot of comments e.g. /* This is my multiline comment */ How can I remove them?
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How can I remove lines that begin with spaces in Notepad++?

I need to remove lines that begin with spaces (the entire line, not just the spaces) Here is an example of the file I'm working with: 41. 415607DB (AV-2011) 2007-06-23 (1D0703A2) (572D8DEC) 42. ...
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How to sort a row of text in Notepad++

So I have about 100 - 200 words in one single row, in a *.config file that I need to sort in alphabetical order. I've seen many posts of how to do so if the text is in lines but not if it is all in ...
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Text found in Notepad++ using RegEx extends too far

Let's assume the following text a=1 b=2 x=1 --------- a=1 b=3 c=3 x=2 --------- a=2 b=5 x=3 ... and so on, many blocks starting with a=, ending with x= and something in between I would like to ...
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How can I remove everything beyond this 10 character alphanumeric string with notepad++ using regex

I have a long text file with some garbage data I need to clean up. The entries are as follows. American Chopper 0x4156003D American Chopper 5849 American Chopper 2: Full Throttle 0x4156004F ...
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Files with long filenames appear as empty

I'm not too familiar with Windows, so please bear with me. I have a folder with several files with very long filenames, that can be listed normally, but if I try to open them with any Windows ...
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Batch, The system cannot find the batch label specified

I have a batch script with a function called :DispLogo in it, however, when I call it states The system cannot find the batch label specified: DispLogo. It is 100% there. I've tried renaming it with ...
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How to move the next line starting with ";" move to previous line end in notepad++

I have a text as the below one in notepad++. I want move all the lines starting with ";" to previous line, after its end. Input: kskdjhs;sdkjfhkkdsf;eueue ";"";"dkdkjfhgf;...

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