Notepad++ delete until colon for every line with replace all












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I'm using Notepad++ Replace box to delete text to the left of the colon (:) in all 3 lines of my file:




TRACE: do



TRACE: re



TRACE: mi




I'm using ^[^:]+: in the 'Find what:' field and 'Replace with:' is empty but when it goes to the next line it automatically selects and deletes what was output in the previous line, so when I run Replace All it results in:




mi




It should show:




do



re



mi











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    I'm using Notepad++ Replace box to delete text to the left of the colon (:) in all 3 lines of my file:




    TRACE: do



    TRACE: re



    TRACE: mi




    I'm using ^[^:]+: in the 'Find what:' field and 'Replace with:' is empty but when it goes to the next line it automatically selects and deletes what was output in the previous line, so when I run Replace All it results in:




    mi




    It should show:




    do



    re



    mi











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      I'm using Notepad++ Replace box to delete text to the left of the colon (:) in all 3 lines of my file:




      TRACE: do



      TRACE: re



      TRACE: mi




      I'm using ^[^:]+: in the 'Find what:' field and 'Replace with:' is empty but when it goes to the next line it automatically selects and deletes what was output in the previous line, so when I run Replace All it results in:




      mi




      It should show:




      do



      re



      mi











      share|improve this question







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      I'm using Notepad++ Replace box to delete text to the left of the colon (:) in all 3 lines of my file:




      TRACE: do



      TRACE: re



      TRACE: mi




      I'm using ^[^:]+: in the 'Find what:' field and 'Replace with:' is empty but when it goes to the next line it automatically selects and deletes what was output in the previous line, so when I run Replace All it results in:




      mi




      It should show:




      do



      re



      mi








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          It's a "bug" ("feature") of Notepad++, you have to capture the rest of the line and use the value in replace:




          • Find what: ^[^:]+:(.+)$

          • Replace with: $1

          • check Wrap around

          • check Regular expression

          • UNCHECK . matches newline

          • Replace all


          Another way is:




          • Find what: ^[^:rn]+:

          • Replace with: LEAVE EMPTY






          share|improve this answer



















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            +1. Originally, I though NP++'s implementation was fine, but I tested this Python example, and found that NP++ is indeed irregular by retaining position after a lookbehind is evaluated. Learn something new every day! I lack time now, but I can probably file an issue in their GitHub repo later (there's no related issue currently open).

            – Graham
            1 hour ago













          • Not to mention that it's misleading because it's inconsistent with other components of the find-and-replace tab, like what's shown to the user when previewing a change via the "Find" or "Mark". (Side note: I find "Mark" to be particularly useful when drafting regex to ensure I haven't made a silly mistake.) Really I'm starting to think I should switch text editors or start contributing my own bug fixes to Notepad++, since there are actually a surprising number of miscellaneous issues. But I guess that's probably the case for any dedicated program user like myself.

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            1 hour ago














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          It's a "bug" ("feature") of Notepad++, you have to capture the rest of the line and use the value in replace:




          • Find what: ^[^:]+:(.+)$

          • Replace with: $1

          • check Wrap around

          • check Regular expression

          • UNCHECK . matches newline

          • Replace all


          Another way is:




          • Find what: ^[^:rn]+:

          • Replace with: LEAVE EMPTY






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            +1. Originally, I though NP++'s implementation was fine, but I tested this Python example, and found that NP++ is indeed irregular by retaining position after a lookbehind is evaluated. Learn something new every day! I lack time now, but I can probably file an issue in their GitHub repo later (there's no related issue currently open).

            – Graham
            1 hour ago













          • Not to mention that it's misleading because it's inconsistent with other components of the find-and-replace tab, like what's shown to the user when previewing a change via the "Find" or "Mark". (Side note: I find "Mark" to be particularly useful when drafting regex to ensure I haven't made a silly mistake.) Really I'm starting to think I should switch text editors or start contributing my own bug fixes to Notepad++, since there are actually a surprising number of miscellaneous issues. But I guess that's probably the case for any dedicated program user like myself.

            – Graham
            1 hour ago


















          9














          It's a "bug" ("feature") of Notepad++, you have to capture the rest of the line and use the value in replace:




          • Find what: ^[^:]+:(.+)$

          • Replace with: $1

          • check Wrap around

          • check Regular expression

          • UNCHECK . matches newline

          • Replace all


          Another way is:




          • Find what: ^[^:rn]+:

          • Replace with: LEAVE EMPTY






          share|improve this answer



















          • 1





            +1. Originally, I though NP++'s implementation was fine, but I tested this Python example, and found that NP++ is indeed irregular by retaining position after a lookbehind is evaluated. Learn something new every day! I lack time now, but I can probably file an issue in their GitHub repo later (there's no related issue currently open).

            – Graham
            1 hour ago













          • Not to mention that it's misleading because it's inconsistent with other components of the find-and-replace tab, like what's shown to the user when previewing a change via the "Find" or "Mark". (Side note: I find "Mark" to be particularly useful when drafting regex to ensure I haven't made a silly mistake.) Really I'm starting to think I should switch text editors or start contributing my own bug fixes to Notepad++, since there are actually a surprising number of miscellaneous issues. But I guess that's probably the case for any dedicated program user like myself.

            – Graham
            1 hour ago
















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          9







          It's a "bug" ("feature") of Notepad++, you have to capture the rest of the line and use the value in replace:




          • Find what: ^[^:]+:(.+)$

          • Replace with: $1

          • check Wrap around

          • check Regular expression

          • UNCHECK . matches newline

          • Replace all


          Another way is:




          • Find what: ^[^:rn]+:

          • Replace with: LEAVE EMPTY






          share|improve this answer













          It's a "bug" ("feature") of Notepad++, you have to capture the rest of the line and use the value in replace:




          • Find what: ^[^:]+:(.+)$

          • Replace with: $1

          • check Wrap around

          • check Regular expression

          • UNCHECK . matches newline

          • Replace all


          Another way is:




          • Find what: ^[^:rn]+:

          • Replace with: LEAVE EMPTY







          share|improve this answer












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            +1. Originally, I though NP++'s implementation was fine, but I tested this Python example, and found that NP++ is indeed irregular by retaining position after a lookbehind is evaluated. Learn something new every day! I lack time now, but I can probably file an issue in their GitHub repo later (there's no related issue currently open).

            – Graham
            1 hour ago













          • Not to mention that it's misleading because it's inconsistent with other components of the find-and-replace tab, like what's shown to the user when previewing a change via the "Find" or "Mark". (Side note: I find "Mark" to be particularly useful when drafting regex to ensure I haven't made a silly mistake.) Really I'm starting to think I should switch text editors or start contributing my own bug fixes to Notepad++, since there are actually a surprising number of miscellaneous issues. But I guess that's probably the case for any dedicated program user like myself.

            – Graham
            1 hour ago
















          • 1





            +1. Originally, I though NP++'s implementation was fine, but I tested this Python example, and found that NP++ is indeed irregular by retaining position after a lookbehind is evaluated. Learn something new every day! I lack time now, but I can probably file an issue in their GitHub repo later (there's no related issue currently open).

            – Graham
            1 hour ago













          • Not to mention that it's misleading because it's inconsistent with other components of the find-and-replace tab, like what's shown to the user when previewing a change via the "Find" or "Mark". (Side note: I find "Mark" to be particularly useful when drafting regex to ensure I haven't made a silly mistake.) Really I'm starting to think I should switch text editors or start contributing my own bug fixes to Notepad++, since there are actually a surprising number of miscellaneous issues. But I guess that's probably the case for any dedicated program user like myself.

            – Graham
            1 hour ago










          1




          1





          +1. Originally, I though NP++'s implementation was fine, but I tested this Python example, and found that NP++ is indeed irregular by retaining position after a lookbehind is evaluated. Learn something new every day! I lack time now, but I can probably file an issue in their GitHub repo later (there's no related issue currently open).

          – Graham
          1 hour ago







          +1. Originally, I though NP++'s implementation was fine, but I tested this Python example, and found that NP++ is indeed irregular by retaining position after a lookbehind is evaluated. Learn something new every day! I lack time now, but I can probably file an issue in their GitHub repo later (there's no related issue currently open).

          – Graham
          1 hour ago















          Not to mention that it's misleading because it's inconsistent with other components of the find-and-replace tab, like what's shown to the user when previewing a change via the "Find" or "Mark". (Side note: I find "Mark" to be particularly useful when drafting regex to ensure I haven't made a silly mistake.) Really I'm starting to think I should switch text editors or start contributing my own bug fixes to Notepad++, since there are actually a surprising number of miscellaneous issues. But I guess that's probably the case for any dedicated program user like myself.

          – Graham
          1 hour ago







          Not to mention that it's misleading because it's inconsistent with other components of the find-and-replace tab, like what's shown to the user when previewing a change via the "Find" or "Mark". (Side note: I find "Mark" to be particularly useful when drafting regex to ensure I haven't made a silly mistake.) Really I'm starting to think I should switch text editors or start contributing my own bug fixes to Notepad++, since there are actually a surprising number of miscellaneous issues. But I guess that's probably the case for any dedicated program user like myself.

          – Graham
          1 hour ago












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