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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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In Notepad++ How can I identify/count records that don't meet a certain length requirement?

I have a file in Notepad++ that has 200,000 rows and each row needs to be a certain length (2500). However I know some rows are shorter or longer than that. How can I find out how many rows are ...
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Notepad++ set delimiter between text

Struggling to find a way to delimit this as the common symbols you would use to delimit are reused throughout the different strings. I want to break a line at each occurrence of TRNDATA. Example: ...
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Paste formatted SQL queries from text file into Excel (one Excel row for each query)

I have a .TXT text file that has formatted SQL queries in it. --The corresponding Excel row ID is: 2 select main.active_transportation.objectid, main.active_transportation.type, main....
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How to Replace several words in one string in Notepad++

I need to replace several different specific words/values in one string, for example: 1), 2), 3), A., B., C., etc. They can all be replaced with the same thing - nothing, i.e. no value entered into ...
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Regex: Replace empty space with a dash between the words, on canonical html tag

I have this canonical link, but if you look well, there are some empty space on the html link. Those empty space I must replace it with a dash <link rel="canonical" href="https://...
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Regex: Find those words that doesn't have html tags on line, and add tags before and after

I have these 3 lines. The words in the second line are missing html tags. <p class="mb-40px">ARTICOL START</p> ARTICOL START <p class="mb-40px">ARTICOL START</...
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How can I find the next following line containing a specific string, then append that to the current line? (Notepad++)

I'm trying to search through text in Notepad++ for certain "line pairs" (lineA, lineB) to concatenate them and discard anything else. Each Line Pair lineA must contain a comma lineB is the ...
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Regex: Put the content of mutiple html tags into a single html tag

<p class="mb-40px">Decisive too, of <p class="mb-40px">otherwise, it was the opportunity to <p class="mb-40px">acquire what were to be two pillars <p ...
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Regex: Add html link to another html link in the same html tag (Double the html Link)

I have this html class with a html links inside. The problem is not clickable on mouse over. So, I want to make it clickable. <p class="mb-40px"><strong>* Surs&#259;:</...
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Regex: Select and delete all lines between 2 points

I want to delete all those lines that starts with <script type="application/ld+json"> and ends with </script> For example: <script type="application/ld+json"> { &...
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Customization to bring back old tab context menu in Notepad++ not working?

The new context menu in Notepad++ is inconvenient because I have to go to a submenu to do actions like clone document to other view. To fix this, I basically just followed the instructions here. ...
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How to remove duplicate lines and preserve newlines, tabs, and spaces in notepad++?

Let's say I have a file with thousands of lines, how would I have notepad++ remove duplicate lines (just like the built-in feature), but keep all the spacing? If I use the built-in feature it deletes ...
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Notepad++ Delete Multiple Lines with Find in Files

I want to delete the whole line that contains certain words such as: build, name, disk. I know that there is a search string ^.*?build.*$(\R|\Z) which will find lines containing "build" How ...
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Bulk replace text in XML file with the filename

In an xml file, I need to batch replace over 200 files with appropriate tags, the xml template is: <htf1> <title></title> <date></date> <quality></...
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How to remove extra space (nbsp) at the of every line in Notepad++

So I have received this film script which has one or two extra spaces at the end of every line. I want to remove extra space from the end of every line in notepadd++ but keep the spaces between the ...
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Clean a CSV file with notepad++ [duplicate]

I have a comma separated values (CSV) file, that I need to reduce to one column. Let me show you some example: I need to extract this in every line or just leave IP:port like this: It doesn't ...
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How to merge lines every 10 rows in Notepad++?

There is an answere about 3 rows here How to merge lines every 3 rows in Notepad++? But this method doesnt work for 10 I need to do this: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, ...
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Which Notepad++ plugin sets the text's background color to orange?

I installed about two dozens of plugins in a new Notepad++ installation and the result is: I checked all plugins. None of them gives a hint to the background color. I also checked Settings → ...
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Extracting Domains from URL in EmEditor or NotePad++

Suppose I have a list of domains mixed with subdomains As shown below; sub1.domain1.com sub2.domain2.com sub3.domain3.com and I want to extract just the domains from the list to give the preferred ...
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PDF editing in Notepad++

When I edit some properties of my PDF file in Notepad++ and save it, it can be read and opened in Adobe PDF reader or Acrobat but it will not open in different readers like Ashampoo: it popups with an ...
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How do I extract domains from email list in EmEditor or Notepad++

I have a list of emails and I would like help extracting just the domain names from the list of domains. Sample Email list [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] The preferred ...
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how to removr last trail slash from third column in a text with notepad++?

Example: Redirect 301 /url1/ https://www.website.com/page1/ must be Redirect 301 /url1 https://www.website.com/page1/ thanks a lot!
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How does Notepad++ understands "last used directory" term?

For the term of "last used directory" in Notepad++ I have these questions: What is the exact meaning of in? Exactly which directory will be taken as that each time? When exactly Notepad++ ...
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How to find 2 consecutive words, but counting only the shortest string [closed]

I want to be able to search in Notepad++ for a string that begins with a [startWord] and ends with an [endWord]. Additional conditions: the [startWord] and [endword] can each only appear once in the ...
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How to copy and paste columns Notepad++?

I'm having some issues with Notepad++ at the time of copy (cut) columns into the same document. For example I have this: And I need this: But at the moment I use Alt+Shift and arrow keys to copy the ...
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Remove a line containing a word and the previous line

I'm editing a HTML file on Notepad++, and the problem is that is a very big file, and I want to remove some unnecessary lines to work on it. The following code appears a lot in it, at the start of ...
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File permissions changing after editing with Notepad++ on Windows 11?

I'm using a program which creates settings files in XML format. Out of curiosity, I opened said XML file, changed the property that contains the name of the profile (not the file name!) and saved it. ...
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How to highlight something in one text so that it's highlighted in all other opened texts (Notepad++)?

If I am searching a whole process, in 2 opened texts and the process revolving between 1st text to 2nd text. When I am highlighting something in 1st document , it is not highlighted in 2nd text. Is ...
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Regex: Delete the contents of all files that start, the first line, with the word ETICHETE:

I want to use Regex to delete the contents of all files that start with the word ETICHETE: For example, all my files starts, the first line, like this: Eticheta: Semifinala GBOB Crisana - Revista De ...
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Notepad++ move first two characters to end of line

I have a list of Country Codes in the following format: US:United States I'm trying to replace it with United States:US I've moved the semi-colon to the end by searching for ^(.*)\b:\b(.*)$ and ...
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Behavior of return/enter key

In some of my notepad++ files, hitting the Enter key yields a carriage return (CR) and a line feed (LF), while in other files, it yields only a line feed. I have not been able to find any rule of ...
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Need to replace a 5 digit number in specific lines that has specific word in it (notepad ++)

<MouseMovementEvent> <Type>2</Type> <X>24848</X> <Y>27245</Y> <Delay>2</Delay> </MouseMovementEvent> <...
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Invert order of lines by the pair

I have the following structure: Down: This should be down 1 Up: This should be up 1 Down: This should be down 2 Up: This should be up 2 Down: This should be down 3 Up: This should be up 3 Down: ...
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Search 16 digits number and replace 7th to 12th digits with x

How to use Notepad++ regular expression to replace the 7th to 12th position of the found 16-digits numeric string in a text file with "x" ? Example of numeric string to search: ...
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Errors running Notepad++ from WSL Unbuntu

I'm trying to run Notepad++ from WSL Ubuntu as described here. Even without the alias, when I try to run notepad++, I get an Invalid argument error like this: peter@Peter-PC3:~$ /mnt/c/Program\ Files\ ...
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Create a new file from commandline notepad++?

Is it possible to use the command line to run notepad++ with new, blank file, as if ctrl+n were pressed inside notepad++? I understand that you can add some commands like makefile or notepad++ ...
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How to replace the last space in a line with '|' character in Notepad++

I couldn't find any sample question that solves my problem in Notepad++. I have a string of n words in the following format in a Notepad++ text file: Word_1<**space_1**>words_with_spaces&...
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how to remove duplicated between 2 values?

I have 100.000 lines with information like: K1xxxxx,ttttt,wwwww,xxxxxK2, K1hhhhh,sssss,gggg,jjjjjjjK2, K1xxxxx,ttttt,wwwww,xxxxxK2, I want the result as: K1xxxxx,ttttt,wwwww,xxxxxK2, K1hhhhh,...
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Combine lines whenever string matches in the first field

Combine lines with matching first field I have a long text file which consists of lines in the following format: Groub 1 any|word،some other word،more word any word|word2،other word،more word،more any ...
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Is there a way for notepad++ to not remember tab order?

I close a tab and it jumps to some other (Seemingly random) tab (I'm guessing the it is actually the previously selected tab but not 100% on that). I would prefer it just open the tab to the right of ...
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Notepad++ how to remove duplicated words with different numbers

I have a text file like this with over 70,000 lines: discovered_items[0]: 434203938999435346 discovered_items[1]: 434477435732567237 discovered_items[2]: 434477435749337074 I want to remove all the ...
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Notepad++ - Change colour for specific character [duplicate]

Is it possible to change the colour for a specific character in Notepad++? Let's assume you're using a defined language like KIXstart or Tex and you need every ";" in red colour.
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How to remember last opened position in Notepad++?

Let's say I edit a file at line 1000. If I close the file and open it the next time, it will go to the first line. Any method to let it open at line 1000?
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Get CSV from 2 patterns and ignoring all the rest

There's a pattern that starts the same but is a little different as it ends, one continues on the beginning then I want to keep the line remainder, the other I want to keep right away but before the ...
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How to extract specific text from notepad ++

I have a log file that I need to extract specific data elements from. Example text: [22-12-20 21:16:04.521] FROM LIVE <$011B4B50:FleetCard_10:1,51.75,1,1,200001,Fleet No,5411,34319,TARJETA,,51....
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RegEx to replace certain text in Notepad++

I have text from chats containing 200.000+ lines in format like this: [21-Nov-22 04:49 PM] VillagerA Hi [21-Nov-22 04:50 PM] VillagerB Hello [21-Nov-22 04:50 PM] VillagerA Hi again [21-Nov-22 04:51 ...
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How do I delete data between specific words with <> brackets?

I have this the below data, I wish to delete everything in between <statMods> and </statMods> I've tried the countless methods mentioned here, but I think the '<>' brackets are ...
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How to get the accurate mouse cursor index position in a text file

I have a large text file that I'm importing into a python script as a string using the following code. from pathlib import Path file = Path('edits.txt').read_text(encoding='UTF8') I need to be able ...
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Removing random image HTML inside SQL file with Notepad++

I'm trying to remove a bunch of HTML inside an SQL file with Notepad++. This is probably really easy, but having a hard time trying to understand how to do it. I want to replace these lines with ...
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Find and replace but keep original value sorted from time at the end in notepad++

I have a text that has the time at the end of each row and I would like to keep the time and add a new line after the time and also separate the lines with a ; to be able to imort a CSV file in excel. ...
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