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    hobbycoder
    last edited by Jan 4, 2022, 9:47 AM

    Hey Community, can someone tell me if Notepad++ is able to list files with a negative search string.
    I often use the feature to replace patterns in all opened files or in all files in a certain folder. But let’s say I have 111 files in a folder and a certain string is missing in 11 of them, can NP++ then show me which of these files are lacking that string and how can I do that?

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      Ekopalypse @hobbycoder
      last edited by Jan 4, 2022, 10:04 AM

      @hobbycoder,

      maybe with something like this: ^(?!.*this_is_not_included).*

      You can find more information on this topic here .

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        Alan Kilborn
        last edited by Jan 4, 2022, 12:57 PM

        @hobbycoder

        I would take the advice found HERE, and thus for the example @Ekopalypse started:

        find: (?s-i)\A(?:(?!\Qthis_is_not_included\E).)+\z

        Of course the search mode is Regular expression for this.

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          hobbycoder @Ekopalypse
          last edited by Jan 4, 2022, 7:00 PM

          @ekopalypse said in Something like "negative" search?:

          ^(?!.this_is_not_included).

          Thx for your reply. Unfortunatly that seems not to work. I will look into the thread you mentioned.

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