Replacing a number with line number in text

Yosef ymj

simply i have a 340 link in text file each one in each line
for example
youtubecom/1
youtubecom/1
youtubecom/1
youtubecom/1
youtubecom/1
youtubecom/1
i want to replace the number (1) with the line number
like this…
youtubecom/1
youtubecom/2
youtubecom/3
youtubecom/4
youtubecom/5
youtubecom/6
thx

Neil Schipper

@yosef-ymj Hi. I suggest you learn to use Edit -> Column Editor (Alt+c) to insert a column of ascending numbers.

Then, learn to use Alt+MouseMovement to select rectangles, and gain skill with rectangular cut/copy/paste operations.

When working with rectangles, these are also helpful:

Shift+Alt+ArrowKey to adjust dimension
Shift+Alt+LeftMouseClick to specify opposite corner of a rectangle whose other corner is current caret position

If your data is as uniform as shown, a sequence using the above operations will do what you want, although you may need to handle 1, 2 and 3 digit sections separately.

To review some creative solutions to rectangular text problems, use the magnifier icon and search this site for terms like “column editor rectangle paste”.

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