I need to use ctrl+f to add a tab after a symbol for a very large text file.

Cc

I have text following this format:

APPLES:01;PEARS:02;BANANAS:03;TOMATOES:11;

Using ‘replace all’ in ctrl+f , can I format the text into this?

APPLES:01;
PEARS:02;
BANANAS:03;
TOMATOES:11;

I’ve tried ;\t but nothing happens other than it adding \t after every ;.

Alan Kilborn

@cc

Find: ;
Replace: ;\r\n
Search mode: Regular expression

Cc

@alan-kilborn

I had to use Extended instead of Regular expression but other than that it worked.

Thanks, this saved me a lot of time!

Alan Kilborn

@cc said in I need to use ctrl+f to add a tab after a symbol for a very large text file.:

I had to use Extended instead of Regular expression but other than that it worked.

There is no reason why this would not also work in Regular expression mode.

Neil Schipper


APPLES:01;PEARS:02;BANANAS:03;TOMATOES:11;

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