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I have a text file with 200,000 lines. How do I select multiple lines, before I delete them?

Manual work is too difficult for, say, 65,000 lines.

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    select them by what criteria? You'd have better luck using a regex or such, but without more information its hard to give a specific, useful answer
    – Journeyman Geek
    Feb 15, 2012 at 0:43
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    Continuous or seperated lines? Feb 15, 2012 at 1:17
  • CTRL+mouse select can do something like what you want to do.
    – Diogo
    Feb 15, 2012 at 1:21
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    Click on the starting line, scroll down to the ending line, hold the shift key, and click again. Feb 15, 2012 at 1:40
  • YES ! Tank you DanH, shift key is the solution !!
    – Sandra
    Feb 16, 2012 at 1:09

3 Answers 3

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Easiest way:

Ctrl+G, go to line 1

    Menu > Edit > Begin/End select.

Ctrl+G, go to line 65.000.

    Menu > Edit > Begin/End select.

You now have your range selected.


Answered:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8490968/select-range-of-lines-in-notepad

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The shift+some direction control combo is pretty darned slow for thousands of lines/pages; so here's a fast solution...

# File:: selectGOTO.py
#   A N++ Python Script to enhance line selection speed compared to mouse, cursor, page controls.
#   Selects text from the [ start|end ] of current line to [ end|start ] of GOTO line.

# Install using:: Plugins -> Plugin Manager -> Python Script
# Create script using:: Plugins -> Python Script -> New Script -> "selectGoto.py"
# Add to menu:: Plugins -> Python Script -> Configuration -> [select script] [ add ]
# Create shortcut:: [Restart N++]
#   Settings -> Shortcut Mapper -> Plugin Commands -> selectGOTO -> [modify] [ctrl]+[shift]+[g]

# Simple usage:
#   [ctrl]+[shift]+[g] line#
#   Do your operation... (ie: del)

from Npp import *

class startAnchor:
    pos = 0

def selectGOTO( args ):
    endPos = editor.getCurrentPos()
    if( endPos > startAnchor.pos ):
        startAnchor.pos = editor.positionFromLine( editor.lineFromPosition( startAnchor.pos ) )
    else:
        tmp = startAnchor.pos
        startAnchor.pos = endPos
        endPos = tmp
    endPos = editor.getLineEndPosition( editor.lineFromPosition( endPos ) )
    editor.setSel( startAnchor.pos, endPos )
    editor.clearCallbacks()

def main():
    startAnchor.pos = editor.getCurrentPos()
    editor.callback( selectGOTO, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.UPDATEUI] )
    notepad.menuCommand( MENUCOMMAND.SEARCH_GOTOLINE )

main()
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Holding Shift and PageDown can select multiple lines fairly quickly.

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  • Ctrl + A selects everything in the document. This question was about selecting multiple lines, not the entirety of the document. Aug 18, 2017 at 2:41

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