mark the lines that you have n characters

Vivianjenylord

friends how can I mark the lines that have 6 characters after the colon (:)

c.pardi@inconu.com:abcdef
emmanuel.brounidd7@fixe.com:12345daxs
contact@jamaka.com:@23411
dbpoloul@hik.com:aaasdfex
michel.ours@yahoo.com:12qwas

to

c.pardi@inconu.com:abcdef
contact@jamaka.com:@23411
michel.ours@yahoo.com:12qwas

guy038

Hello, @Vivianjenylord and All,

You said :

friends how can I mark the lines that have 6 characters after the colon (:)

I suppose that you meant :

friends how can I mark and delete the lines that do not have exactly 6 characters after the colon (:) ;-))

If so, from your original text :

c.pardi@inconu.com:abcdef
emmanuel.brounidd7@fixe.com:12345daxs
contact@jamaka.com:@23411
dbpoloul@hik.com:aaasdfex
michel.ours@yahoo.com:12qwas

Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )
SEARCH (?-s)(?!.+:.{6}\R)^.+\R OR (?-s)^.+:(.{0,5}|.{7,})\R
REPLACE Leave EMPTY
Tick, preferably, the Wrap around option
Select the Regular expression search mode
Click, once, on the Replace All button or several times on the Replace button

You should obtain your expected text :

c.pardi@inconu.com:abcdef
contact@jamaka.com:@23411
michel.ours@yahoo.com:12qwas

Notes :

The in-line modifier, (?-s), at the beginning of the two regexes, means that any further dot ( . ) represents a single standard character, only and not an EOL one !
The first syntax looks for a complete non-null line, with its EOL character(s) ( ^.+\R ), but ONLY IF the negative look-ahead ( (?!.+:.{6}\R) ) is satisfied, i.e. it does not exist a colon, after some chars, followed with, exactly, six standard characters, themselves followed with a line-break
The second syntax looks from a non-null range of standard characters, till a colon character, followed with a range of standard chars between 0 and 4 or from 7 and above

Best Regards

guy038

Meta Chuh

@Vivianjenylord @guy038 et al.

this looks to me like a case, where it is wished to process (or remove) all user accounts, which do not match your password requirements.

if this is the case, we would also need your specific needs and requirements for those user accounts, as well as how you would have thought to treat them, e.g. after marking.

shall your passwords only be allowed to have 6 chars, or do you want to remove them as too short ?

best regards.

Vivianjenylord

@guy038 so is friend, I help a lot the Regular expression, I thank you very much for your help