{"id":9886,"date":"2019-06-21T06:41:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T06:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=9886"},"modified":"2020-12-03T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T14:28:50","slug":"notepad-plus-find-and-replace-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/notepad-plus-find-and-replace-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Notepad++ Tips: Find and Replace, and Text Manipulation Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"notepad++Notepad++ is an excellent light-weight text editor<\/a> with many useful features. With Notepad++, you can find and replace text in the current file or in multiple files in a folder recursively. You can also find and replace text using regex.<\/p>\n

This post has many Notepad++ find & replace examples and other useful Notepad++ tips for different scenarios.<\/p>\n

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Notepad++: Text file manipulation examples<\/h4>\n
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  1. Remove Path from the File name in a text file<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Remove File name from Full Path in a text file<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Remove a fixed number of characters from the beginning of each line<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Delete characters that exceed ‘n’ number of characters in a text file<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Remove text after a specific character from each line in a text file<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Remove leading or trailing space from each line in a text file<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Delete blank lines in a text file<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Remove Lines Containing a Word or String in a Text File<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Remove text after ‘n’th occurrence of comma or symbol<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Prefix each line with a word or phrase in a text file<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Suffix each line with a word or phrase in a text file<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Remove duplicate rows in a text file without sorting the rows<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Insert new line (carriage return) at a specific character or string<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    <\/a>Remove Path from the File name in a text file<\/h3>\n

    If you have full paths for files in a text file and want to remove the path (i.e., only want the file name), use the following Find & Replace technique:<\/p>\n

    \"notepad++<\/p>\n

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    1. Bring up the Replace dialog (Ctrl<\/kbd> + H<\/kbd>) and use the following replace method:<\/li>\n
    2. In the Find box, type ^.*\\\\<\/code><\/li>\n
    3. Set the Search mode to Regular expression<\/strong><\/li>\n
    4. Leave the Replace box blank.<\/li>\n
    5. Uncheck matches newline<\/strong><\/li>\n
    6. Click Replace All<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      ::Before::<\/strong><\/p>\n

      C:\\Users\\ramesh\\Pictures\\Screenshots\\Screenshot 90.png\r\nC:\\Users\\ramesh\\Pictures\\Screenshots\\Screenshot 97.png\r\nC:\\Users\\ramesh\\Pictures\\Screenshots\\Screenshot 10.png\r\nC:\\Users\\ramesh\\Pictures\\Screenshots\\Screenshot 15.png<\/pre>\n
      ::After::<\/strong><\/p>\n
      Screenshot 90.png\r\nScreenshot 97.png\r\nScreenshot 10.png\r\nScreenshot 15.png<\/pre>\n
      \n
      <\/a>Remove File name from Full Path in a text file<\/h3>\n
      To remove the file name from a full path, use this search operator:<\/p>\n