Certain spaces

[C ALLEN]

All '“Test” lines have two spaces before them. I want them to look like this. (removing the 2 spaces before every “T”)

Test1
Test2

Test3
Test4

How can I mass do this with the word “Test”, or better yet every single possible word before the very first character on each line?

[PeterJones]

You want to remove all leading spaces before every line?

Search what : ^\s+
Replace with : (empty string)
Search Mode: ☑ Regular Expression

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P.S. :
(paraphrasing @guy038, the forum’s regex guru, who compiled these great regex resources, but hasn’t shared them in this thread yet):

Here is a good starting point for NPP users unfamiliar with regular expression concepts and syntax:

• http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/Regular_Expressions

Modern Notepad++ (since v6.0) uses the Boost C++ Regex library, v1.55.0 (similar to the Perl Regular Common Expressions (PRCE), v5.8):

• search syntax: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/syntax/perl_syntax.html
• replace syntax: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/format/boost_format_syntax.html

Other sites with valuable regular expression information include:

• http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
• http://www.regular-expressions.info
• http://www.rexegg.com