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    • Claudia SvensonC
      Claudia Svenson
      last edited by

      A text file contains lots of file names with leading pathes e.g.

      D:\aaa\bbb\ccc\myfile.doc

      I want to search now the next path (except filename) starting at the left in column 1.
      In the past I used therefore a regexp

      (?-s)^,+\

      This should find D:\aaa\bbb\ccc\ from sample above

      But when I enter this RegExp in NP++ Find dialog it does not find any of the hundreds path+filenames.

      Why not?

      Yes, I enabled Regular Expression Search mode at the bottom

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      • EkopalypseE
        Ekopalypse @Claudia Svenson
        last edited by

        @Claudia-Svenson said in RegExp to find path not working (any more)?:

        (?-s)^,+\

        I assume it should be (?-s)^.+\ (note the dot instead of the comma.)

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        • guy038G
          guy038
          last edited by guy038

          Hello, @claudia-svenson, @ekopalypse and All,

          Eko, just a typo; the correct regex is :

          SEARCH / MARK (?-s)^.+\\

          BR

          guy038

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          • Claudia SvensonC
            Claudia Svenson @guy038
            last edited by

            @guy038 said in RegExp to find path not working (any more)?:

            Hello, @claudia-svenson, @ekopalypse and All,
            SEARCH / MARK (?-s)^.+\\

            It works.
            Thank you

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