Delete everything after a number of characters in string in Notepad++

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2014-04
  • David

    The following is an example of characters per line in Notepad ++. I need to limit the characters per line to 14 characters.

    11111111111111111111
    222222222222222222222222222
    33333333333333333333333

    I need it to look like the following:

    11111111111111
    22222222222222
    33333333333333

    How can I can limit the number of characters to 14 characters per line in Notepad++

    • Answers
  • tumchaaditya

    Do a Regex replace.
    Replace ^(.{14}).*$ with \1. Keep the . matches newline option unchecked.

  • chaput

    In notepad++ you can use the find and replace function like this : enter image description here


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  • Adam543i

    I have a log file and I need to remove the first 27 characters off every line. You would have a line like this:

    2011-09-25 01:25:29 [INFO] <Exazoro> wazup

    But it needs to be like this:

    <Exazoro> wazup

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  • Daniel Beck

    Use regular expression search, search for ^........................... and replace with (empty string).

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    Unfortunately, Notepad++ does not support repetition counts like ^.{27} — the SciTE regexp documentation applies here as well.

    Alternatively, use rectangular multi-line selection (press Alt while selecting) to select these first 27 characters in every line, then press Delete or Backspace.

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    Using Unix tools (e.g. Cygwin, UnxUtils) you can use cut -c28- or sed -E "s|^.{27}||" instead. At least, these are the Linux command line calls you'd use...

  • Thyag

    Below is the macro way. This is more intuitive for non-technical people:

    1) Place cursor on the first line (any cursor position)

    2) Click : Macro -> Start Recording

    3) Do the following key press activities: 

    * Press the Home key  
* Press Delete key 27 times (till you reach the intended character)
* Press down arrow button.

    4) Click : Macro -> Stop Recording

    5) Click : Run Macro Multiple times -> select Run until the end of file -> click Run.