Keep only specific links

[T C]

Hi.

How can I keep links like this:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/120628

and not links like these:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/120628#comments
https://archiveofourown.org/works/120628/bookmarks
https://archiveofourown.org/works/120628?show_comments=true#comments

Thanks so much

[Scott Sumner]

@T-C

What you want is a little loosely defined. For example, this will do it, but I sense you want something more generic over the whole expression:

Find what zone: (?-s)https://archiveofourown\.org/works/120628(?=[#/?]).+\R
Replace with zone: make sure this is EMPTY
Search mode: Regular expression

It also assumes that the lines end where shown above by the OP, but this is somewhat of an arbitrary assumption…

Hmmm…don’t know that this actually deserves a down-vote…whomever did that…

[T C]

Another option was to mark lines that had only links like this:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/**14272356**

The numbers in bold are different every time.

[Scott Sumner]

@T-C

Again, what you are trying to achieve is vague. You’re not going to get the best help that way (and you may even get down-voted again).

So…first you wanted to delete text, now you want to mark text…which is it?

You can match a number that is different every time by using \d+ in the expression where the number occurs.