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  regex like [\r\n]+ matches CRLF in Notepad ++  |   regex like [\r\n]+ matches CRLF in Notepad ++  | ||
== Notetad++ ==  | == Notetad++ | npp | npp++ ==  | ||
Find, replace and remove matching line. Find any occurances of <code>help</help>, ending with <code>\r?\n</code>. <code>\r</code> is optional in case the file doesn't have Windows line endings.  | Find, replace and remove matching line. Find any occurances of <code>help</help>, ending with <code>\r?\n</code>. <code>\r</code> is optional in case the file doesn't have Windows line endings.  | ||
<source>  | <source>  | ||
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Replace with:  | Replace with:  | ||
</source>  | </source>  | ||
=== Join 2 lines with colon ==  | |||
<source>  | |||
Find what: ^(.*)[\r\n]+  | |||
Replace with: '\1: ' #single quotes are not needed  | |||
Before:  | |||
Extensions  | |||
None  | |||
Cloud init  | |||
No  | |||
TAGS  | |||
Name  | |||
bastion-1 (All resources to be created)  | |||
After:  | |||
Extensions: None  | |||
Cloud init: No  | |||
TAGS: Name  | |||
bastion-1 (All resources to be created)  | |||
</source>  | |||
=== Resources ===  | === Resources ===  | ||
*[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5876296/regex-remove-lines-containing regex-remove-lines-containing] Stackoverflow  | *[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5876296/regex-remove-lines-containing regex-remove-lines-containing] Stackoverflow  | ||
Revision as of 15:09, 14 December 2018
General expressions
+ -unlimited string \ -escape/protect character /[abc]+/ -matches a bb ccc
PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
This also covers Notepad ++
regex like [\r\n]+ matches CRLF in Notepad ++
Notetad++ | npp | npp++
Find, replace and remove matching line. Find any occurances of help</help>, ending with \r?\n. \r is optional in case the file doesn't have Windows line endings.
Find what: ^help\r?\n
Replace with:
= Join 2 lines with colon
Find what: ^(.*)[\r\n]+
Replace with: '\1: ' #single quotes are not needed
Before:
Extensions
None
Cloud init
No
TAGS
Name
bastion-1 (All resources to be created)
After:
Extensions: None
Cloud init: No
TAGS: Name
bastion-1 (All resources to be created)
Resources
- regex-remove-lines-containing Stackoverflow
 
Websense now owned and called Forepoint
It accepts reg expresions with limited form example:
- (.) -same as * wildcard matches any lengh of string and brackets are RegEx delimiters
 
References
- regex101.com Dynamic RegEx builder