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    • Mohammad Al ThobitiM
      Mohammad Al Thobiti
      last edited by

      Thank you for your efforts, my friends.
      I would like to tell you that the result is excellent.
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      But an idea came to me: why not just delete the subdomain and keep only the main domain and then delete the similar ones?
      Is there a way to delete long link extensions? And keep the main domain?

      Example:

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      • Mohammad Al ThobitiM
        Mohammad Al Thobiti @Mohammad Al Thobiti
        last edited by

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        • guy038G
          guy038
          last edited by guy038

          Hi, @mohammad-al-thobiti and All,

          May I rephrase your question ? Let’s see if we mean the same goal !

          So, for example, from the INPUT text, below :

          abc.def.ghi.jkl.example.com
          all.net
          abc.def.example.com
          abc.my_site.com
          abc.def.ghi.all.net
          my_site.com
          abc.def.all.net
          abc.def.ghi.jkl.mno.opq.my_site.com
          example.com
          

          With the following regex S/R :

          SEARCH (?x) ^ (?: [\w-]+ \. )* ( [\w-]+ \. [\w-]+ ) $

          REPLACE \1

          We would get that text :

          example.com
          all.net
          example.com
          my_site.com
          all.net
          my_site.com
          all.net
          my_site.com
          example.com
          

          Then, using the Edit > Line Operations > Remove Duplicates Lines option, we would end up with this OUTPUT :

          example.com
          all.net
          my_site.com
          

          If this is exactly what you expect to, just go ahead !

          BR

          guy038

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          • Mohammad Al ThobitiM
            Mohammad Al Thobiti
            last edited by

            I would like to thank you for your useful information and those who contributed to this topic.

            This article has become my reference. It works nicely. Yes, we mean the same goal !
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            Right now. If you can sort or collect them from the most similar domains, please let me know.

            There are too many lines, starting with the most similar domain.

            Reason: To find the most “worried” domains because it takes many lines. I will delete them later, as you told us. However, the goal is to discover more domains with many characters or long URLs and I will block them in other programs.

            How can this be done?

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            • CoisesC
              Coises @Mohammad Al Thobiti
              last edited by Coises

              @Mohammad-Al-Thobiti said in I would like to group all similar domains, not by alphabet.:

              If you can sort or collect them from the most similar domains, please let me know.

              Here’s a way; enter:

              Find what : ^(!*([^\r\n]+))\R(!*)\2$
              Replace with : !\3\1

              and Replace All repeatedly until there are no more changes.

              Each line in the result will have an exclamation point at the beginning for each additional occurrence of the following text; so:

              argh.com
              argh.com
              asdf.net
              asdf.net
              asdf.net
              asdf.net
              ef.org
              ef.org
              ef.org
              ef.org
              ef.org
              fasde.com
              fasde.com
              fasde.com
              fasde.com
              gorch.net
              gorch.net
              gorch.net
              

              would become:

              !argh.com
              !!!asdf.net
              !!!!ef.org
              !!!fasde.com
              !!gorch.net
              

              You can then sort that to put them in order by the number of exclamation points at the beginning.

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              • Mohammad Al ThobitiM
                Mohammad Al Thobiti @Coises
                last edited by

                Thank you. I will clarify the issue.
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                • CoisesC
                  Coises @Mohammad Al Thobiti
                  last edited by Coises

                  @Mohammad-Al-Thobiti said in I would like to group all similar domains, not by alphabet.:

                  Thank you. I will clarify the issue.

                  Using the method I suggested, if you start with:

                  zindova.net
                  zindova.net
                  zinfandelreviews.net
                  zinfandelreviews.net
                  zingardi.net
                  zingcoach.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  zinoiosijek031.net
                  ziobaweek.net
                  ziomik.net
                  zioninfosystems.net
                  zioninfosystems.net
                  zip-archive.net
                  

                  and do the repeated Replace Alls, then sort, you’ll get:

                  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!zinoiosijek031.net
                  !zindova.net
                  !zinfandelreviews.net
                  !zioninfosystems.net
                  zingardi.net
                  zingcoach.net
                  ziobaweek.net
                  ziomik.net
                  zip-archive.net
                  

                  The first line represents 25 occurrences — there are 24 leading exclamation points. Each of the next three lines represent two occurrences (one leading exclamation point). The remaining lines occurred only once.

                  Is that not what you needed to accomplish?

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                  • guy038G
                    guy038
                    last edited by guy038

                    Hello, @mohammad-al-thobiti, @peterjones, @coises and All,

                    Oh, @coises, your method of finding out how many times each address occurs, is very elegant and really clever ! I’d never have thought of such sophistication on my own :-((


                    So, @mohammad-al-thobiti, starting with this INPUT file :

                    zindova.net
                    zindova.net
                    zinfandelreviews.net
                    zinfandelreviews.net
                    zingardi.net
                    zingcoach.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    zinoiosijek031.net
                    ziobaweek.net
                    ziomik.net
                    zioninfosystems.net
                    zioninfosystems.net
                    zip-archive.net
                    zip-archive.net
                    zip.net
                    zip.net
                    zip.net
                    zipaphoto.net
                    zipbah.net
                    zipexpose.net
                    ziph.next
                    ziph.next
                    

                    I’m using the @coises’s regex, that I slightly modified :

                    SEARCH (?x-s) ^ ( !* ( .+ ) ) \R ( !* ) \2 $

                    REPLACE !\3\1

                    • Run it several times, in order tp get the message Replace All: 0 occurrences were replaced

                    => You should get this text :

                    !zindova.net
                    !zinfandelreviews.net
                    zingardi.net
                    zingcoach.net
                    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!zinoiosijek031.net
                    ziobaweek.net
                    ziomik.net
                    !zioninfosystems.net
                    !zip-archive.net
                    !!zip.net
                    zipaphoto.net
                    zipbah.net
                    zipexpose.net
                    !ziph.next
                    

                    Now, we just add one ! character to get the exact number of occurrences of each address

                    SEARCH (?x-s) ^ (?= . )

                    REPLACE !

                    !!zindova.net
                    !!zinfandelreviews.net
                    !zingardi.net
                    !zingcoach.net
                    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!zinoiosijek031.net
                    !ziobaweek.net
                    !ziomik.net
                    !!zioninfosystems.net
                    !!zip-archive.net
                    !!!zip.net
                    !zipaphoto.net
                    !zipbah.net
                    !zipexpose.net
                    !!ziph.next
                    
                    • Then, run the Edit > Line Operations > Sort Lines Lexicographically Ascending

                    => We get this sorted text :

                    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!zinoiosijek031.net
                    !!!zip.net
                    !!zindova.net
                    !!zinfandelreviews.net
                    !!zioninfosystems.net
                    !!zip-archive.net
                    !!ziph.next
                    !zingardi.net
                    !zingcoach.net
                    !ziobaweek.net
                    !ziomik.net
                    !zipaphoto.net
                    !zipbah.net
                    !zipexpose.net
                    

                    Finally, runing the four regex S/R, below :

                    SEARCH  (?x-s) ^ !                         (?= [^!\r\n]+ )        REPLACE   1\t
                    SEARCH  (?x-s) ^ !!                        (?= [^!\r\n]+ )        REPLACE   2\t
                    SEARCH  (?x-s) ^ !!!                       (?= [^!\r\n]+ )        REPLACE   3\t
                    SEARCH  (?x-s) ^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (?= [^!\r\n]+ )        REPLACE  25\t
                    

                    => You should end up with this OUTPUT text :

                    25	zinoiosijek031.net
                    3	zip.net
                    2	zindova.net
                    2	zinfandelreviews.net
                    2	zioninfosystems.net
                    2	zip-archive.net
                    2	ziph.next
                    1	zingardi.net
                    1	zingcoach.net
                    1	ziobaweek.net
                    1	ziomik.net
                    1	zipaphoto.net
                    1	zipbah.net
                    1	zipexpose.net
                    

                    Which should be a practical document to exploit !

                    Best Regards,

                    guy038

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                    • Mohammad Al ThobitiM
                      Mohammad Al Thobiti @guy038
                      last edited by

                      @ guy038 and All,

                      Thank you my friends for the amazing results.

                      We have received the correct information. The most commonly used domains cleverly.

                      In any case, as you can see in the picture, the outcome is wonderful.

                      H8.png

                      How do I write the code like this that you mentioned:

                      SEARCH  (?x-s) ^ !                         (?= [^!\r\n]+ )        REPLACE   1\t
                      SEARCH  (?x-s) ^ !!                        (?= [^!\r\n]+ )        REPLACE   2\t
                      SEARCH  (?x-s) ^ !!!                       (?= [^!\r\n]+ )        REPLACE   3\t
                      SEARCH  (?x-s) ^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (?= [^!\r\n]+ )        REPLACE  25\t
                      

                      Did I write until I reached Col: 6,597? I think it is difficult and takes a lot of time. And I want to thank all of you for all your efforts on this fascinating topic.

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                      • CoisesC
                        Coises @guy038
                        last edited by

                        @guy038 OK, I’ll take the bait… If you really want to count exclamation points:

                        Add the missing exclamation point, but also add a separator:

                        Find what : ^(!*)
                        Replace with : $1!/\t

                        Now, group by tens:

                        Find what : (!{10})+
                        Replace with : $0/

                        followed by:

                        Find what : !{10}
                        Replace with : !

                        Repeat the above two steps until the first step finds nothing.

                        Now, count the exclamation points in each digit and remove the forward slashes:

                        Find what : (?:(!{9})|(!{8})|(!{7})|(!{6})|(!{5})|(!{4})|(!{3})|(!{2})|(!{1})|())/
                        Replace with : (?{1}9)(?{2}8)(?{3}7)(?{4}6)(?{5}5)(?{6}4)(?{7}3)(?{8}2)(?{9}1)(?{10}0)

                        This assumes there are no exclamation points or forward slashes elsewhere in the text. Of course, the forward slash (/) can be replaced with any character that is not in use.

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                        • guy038G
                          guy038
                          last edited by guy038

                          Hi, @mohammad-al-thobiti and All,

                          Let’s recapitulate from the very beginning !


                          If we start with this kind of INPUT text :

                          127.0.0.1   a.z.xy.dummy-hyphen.org
                          127.0.0.1   a.example.com
                          127.0.0.1   cdef.x.example.com
                          127.0.0.1   my_site.net
                          127.0.0.1   b.dummy-hyphen.org
                          127.0.0.1   b.cde.fgh.example.com
                          127.0.0.1   abc.defgji.kkkkk.my_site.net
                          127.0.0.1   cd.xyztuv.ab-cd.4567.example.com
                          127.0.0.1   dummy-hyphen.org
                          127.0.0.1   example.com
                          

                          With the following regex S/R :

                          SEARCH (?x) ^ \Q127.0.0.1 \E \h+ (?: [\w-]+ \. )* ( [\w-]+ \. [\w-]+ ) $

                          REPLACE \1

                          => We just keep the main domain ;

                          dummy-hyphen.org
                          example.com
                          example.com
                          my_site.net
                          dummy-hyphen.org
                          example.com
                          my_site.net
                          example.com
                          dummy-hyphen.org
                          example.com
                          

                          Of course, your present file deals with about 181,170 lines !

                          So, instead of using the last @coises’s method to find out the different occurrences of each line ( again, a very clever method ! ), I will simplify the goal by using a Python script to get the job done more quickly !

                          This script is an adaptation from a @alan-kilborn’s script. I named this script Count_Strings_Occurences.py

                          # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                          
                          '''
                          
                          Adapted from :  https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20598/show-a-list-of-same-word-before-replacement/2  and  .../20
                          
                          
                          By DEFAULT, this script PASTES, in a NEW tab,   a SORTED list of ALL the STRINGS of the CURRENT file, with their NUMBER of occurrences
                          
                          IF a NORMAL selection EXISTS, the script PASTES a SORTED list of ALL the STRINGS of the SELECTION,    with their NUMBER of occurrences
                          
                          
                          NOTES : 
                          
                          - The CURRENT file processed DO NOT need to be SORTED, in any way !
                          
                          - If you want a SORTED list of ALL the LINES  with their NUMBER of occurrences, don't FORGET to INCLUDE all the POSSIBLE chars of the lines in the REGEX !
                          
                              For example, if file may contain the line 'zip-archive.net', the REGEX, after editor.research, should be  r'[\w.-]+', which includes the DOT and the DASH !
                          
                          '''
                          
                          from Npp import editor
                          
                          sel_start = 0
                          sel_end = editor.getLength()
                          # Refer to :  https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/22378/pythonscript-ops-on-selection-if-any-all-text-otherwise/3
                          
                          sel_start, sel_end = editor.getUserCharSelection()
                          
                          word_matches = []
                          def match_found(m): word_matches.append(editor.getTextRange(m.span(0)[0], m.span(0)[1]))
                          
                          editor.research(r'[\w.-]+', match_found, 0 , sel_start, sel_end)
                          
                          histogram_dict = {}
                          
                          for word in word_matches:
                              if word not in histogram_dict:
                                  histogram_dict[word] = 1
                              else:
                                  histogram_dict[word] += 1
                          
                          output_list = []
                          
                          for k in histogram_dict: output_list.append('{0:.<50} {1}'.format(k, histogram_dict[k]))
                          
                          #for k in histogram_dict: output_list.append('{}={}'.format(k, histogram_dict[k]))   # INITIAl format of Alan Kilborn
                          
                          # For SPECIFICATIONS on the OUTPUT format, refer to :
                          
                          # https://doc.python.org/2.7/library/string.html#format-specification-mini-language
                          # https://doc.python.org/2.7/library/string.html#format-examples
                          
                          output_list.sort()
                          editor.copyText('\r\n'.join(output_list))
                          
                          notepad.new()
                          editor.paste()
                          
                          # console.clear() ; editor.research (r'\w+', lambda m: console.write (m.group(0) + '\n'))
                          

                          • So, select the random list of 168 lines, below.

                          Note that I suppose that the IPV4 addresses and the sub-domains were previously deleted

                          zioninfosystems.net
                          zingcoach.net
                          ziph.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zindova.net
                          zip.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zindova.net
                          zip.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          ziomik.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          zip.net
                          zindova.net
                          zindova.net
                          ziph.net
                          ziph.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zindova.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          zindova.net
                          zip.net
                          zindova.net
                          ziph.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          ziph.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          ziobaweek.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zindova.net
                          zindova.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zipaphoto.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zingardi.net
                          zip.net
                          zipexpose.net
                          zindova.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          zindova.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          zipexpose.net
                          zipaphoto.net
                          ziph.net
                          zipbah.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zip.net
                          zindova.net
                          zip.net
                          zindova.net
                          zingcoach.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zip.net
                          ziomik.net
                          zindova.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          ziph.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zingardi.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zingardi.net
                          zingardi.net
                          ziph.net
                          zingardi.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zingcoach.net
                          zindova.net
                          zip.net
                          zindova.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          ziph.net
                          ziobaweek.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zip.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zip.net
                          ziomik.net
                          zingardi.net
                          zindova.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          ziph.net
                          ziobaweek.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zindova.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zip.net
                          zingcoach.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          zindova.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zingardi.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          ziph.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          ziobaweek.net
                          zingcoach.net
                          ziph.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          ziobaweek.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zip.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          ziph.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zindova.net
                          zindova.net
                          zindova.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          zip.net
                          ziph.net
                          zindova.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          ziph.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zip.net
                          zingcoach.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zingardi.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          zip.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zindova.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zip.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          zingardi.net
                          zioninfosystems.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          zingcoach.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          ziomik.net
                          zip.net
                          zingardi.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zip-archive.net
                          zindova.net
                          ziomik.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zindova.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          zinfandelreviews.net
                          ziph.net
                          zinoiosijek031.net
                          zingardi.net
                          
                          • Run the Plugins > Python Script > Scripts > Count_Strings_Occurrences.py Python script

                          => At once, a new tab will open with all the results :

                          zindova.net....................................... 26
                          zinfandelreviews.net.............................. 24
                          zingardi.net...................................... 11
                          zingcoach.net..................................... 7
                          zinoiosijek031.net................................ 28
                          ziobaweek.net..................................... 5
                          ziomik.net........................................ 5
                          zioninfosystems.net............................... 12
                          zip-archive.net................................... 11
                          zip.net........................................... 18
                          zipaphoto.net..................................... 2
                          zipbah.net........................................ 1
                          zipexpose.net..................................... 2
                          ziph.net.......................................... 16
                          

                          Note that the entries are sorted by the line contents, to easily access any of these !

                          • Thus, do a zero-length RECTANGULAR selection of all the numbers of this new tab, at column 52

                          • Run the Edit > Line Operations > Sort Lines As Integers Descending option

                          => You should get your expected OUTPUT :

                          zinoiosijek031.net................................ 28
                          zindova.net....................................... 26
                          zinfandelreviews.net.............................. 24
                          zip.net........................................... 18
                          ziph.net.......................................... 16
                          zioninfosystems.net............................... 12
                          zingardi.net...................................... 11
                          zip-archive.net................................... 11
                          zingcoach.net..................................... 7
                          ziobaweek.net..................................... 5
                          ziomik.net........................................ 5
                          zipaphoto.net..................................... 2
                          zipexpose.net..................................... 2
                          zipbah.net........................................ 1
                          

                          Here you are !


                          • Proceed, in the same way, with your present file

                          • Switch to your file tab ( selection and sort are not required )

                          • Run again the Plugins > Python Script > Scripts > Count_Strings_Occurrences.py Python script

                          • In the opened new tab, do a zero-length RECTANGULAR selection of all the numbers, at column 52

                          • Run the Edit > Line Operations > Sort Lines As Integers Descending option

                          Bingo !

                          Best Regards,

                          guy038

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                          • Mohammad Al ThobitiM
                            Mohammad Al Thobiti @guy038
                            last edited by

                            Hello @ guy038 & All

                            Thank you. everything is ok, I need to add more than one domine to the Find what:

                            as you can see
                            5c203023-6172-4dfa-ad8b-8e404222160d-image.png
                            this is the code:

                            \.real-news-online.com, myvnc.com, 1example.com, 2example.com\s
                            

                            is this the correct method?
                            How can I do this?

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                            • Mohammad Al ThobitiM
                              Mohammad Al Thobiti @Mohammad Al Thobiti
                              last edited by

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                              • Mohammad Al ThobitiM
                                Mohammad Al Thobiti @Mohammad Al Thobiti
                                last edited by

                                .example.com|.example2.com|.example3.com\s

                                OK

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                                • Mohammad Al ThobitiM
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                                      @Mohammad-Al-Thobiti said in I would like to group all similar domains, not by alphabet.:

                                      How can I do this?

                                      At some point, you need to take the lessons you’ve been taught through the dozens of regexes that people have handed you throughout this discussion, and try to figure it out yourself.

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                                        Ok, Thank you

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                                          Hi, @mohammad-al-thobiti and All,

                                          Again, I’m going to simplify the problem, using a Python script, called Replacements_Lists.py, listed below :

                                          
                                          '''
                                          
                                          Refer to : https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/19889/
                                          
                                          
                                          - Given TWO files :
                                          
                                          - A MAIN one, located in the MAIN view, containing a LIST of strings or lines
                                          
                                          - A SECOND one, located in the SECONDARY view, containing :
                                          
                                              - A LIST of strings to REPLACE, EACH followed with a TABULATION and its CORRESPONDING replacement string
                                          
                                          
                                          This script replaces EACH expression of the MAIN file by the CORRESPONDING replacement string, found in the SECONDARY file
                                          
                                          
                                          NOTES :
                                          
                                          - The REPLACEMENT strings may be ABSENT IF you do NOT write anything AFTER the TABULATION separator. Thus, these SPECIFIC searched strings will be DELETED
                                          
                                          - The strings of the MAIN file, NOT found in the SECONDARY file, are simply REWRITTEN
                                          
                                          - The LEADING strings of the SECONDARY file, NOT found in the MAIN file, are simply NOT used
                                          
                                          - The list of the DIFFeRENT ranges < SEARCHED string > \t < REPLACEMENT string > must END with a FINAL line-break or NOTHING else ( \z )
                                          
                                          '''
                                          
                                          from Npp import editor1, editor2
                                          
                                          replacements = dict(line.split('\t') for line in editor2.getText().splitlines() if line)
                                          
                                          def replace_with(m):
                                              try:
                                                  r = replacements[m.group()]
                                              except KeyError:
                                                  r = m.group()
                                              return r
                                          
                                          editor1.rereplace('(?-s).+', replace_with)
                                          

                                          So, just follow this road map :

                                          • Open your entire file containing all your records ( about 181,170 ) in the main view

                                          • Open your file containing the 1.027 lines, whose all the occurrences must be deleted in the main file

                                          • Move this file in the secondary view ( IMPORTANT )

                                          I suppose that these two files ONLY contains main domain names, one per line

                                          Run the Edit > Blank operations > Trim Leading and Trailing Space option for the two files

                                          • Now, in the secondary view, use this regex S/R :

                                            • SEARCH (?<=.)$

                                            • REPLACE \t

                                          in order to produce a correct replacement list for some domain’s names by nothing

                                          • Move back to your file in the main view

                                          • Run the Plugins > Python Script > Scripts > Replacements_List.py option

                                          => Immediately, all the lines, of the main view, which match one of the lines of the secondary view, have been replaced with an empty line

                                          • Run the Edit > Line Operations > Remove Empty Lines

                                          • Finally save your uptaded file, in the main view

                                          Voilà !

                                          Best Regards,

                                          guy038

                                          P.S. :

                                          If you need to install the Python Script plugin, follow this FAQ

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