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    • Mosaad AljobairM
      Mosaad Aljobair
      last edited by

      hello,
      i have files i like to delete all lines inside and save files to be 0 bytes.

      thank you.

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      • PeterJonesP
        PeterJones @Mosaad Aljobair
        last edited by PeterJones

        @Mosaad-Aljobair said:

        hello,
        i have files i like to delete all lines inside and save files to be 0 bytes.

        thank you.

        Three steps per file:

        • Ctrl-A
        • DEL
        • Ctrl-S

        edit: 5 steps if you count opening the file at the start, and closing the file at the end

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        • Mosaad AljobairM
          Mosaad Aljobair @PeterJones
          last edited by

          @PeterJones thank you,
          I mean open all files like 10 files in one time, then delete all lines inside each file then save all, exit

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          • PeterJonesP
            PeterJones
            last edited by PeterJones

            @Mosaad-Aljobair said in How to open multiple files then delete all lines inside and save all files?:

            I mean open all files like 10 files in one time, then delete all lines inside each file then save all, exit

            I mean do my procedure 10 times. Or set up a script of some sort to do it for you. (Notepad++ has multiple available scripting plugins which you could learn, including PythonScript, and LuaScript.)

            Honestly, your problem is most easily solved at the command line, not in Notepad++. I could do it in a one-line at the cmd.exe prompt. The following proves it, if you can find the menu in Notepad++ that will decode this base64 text.

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            If you want help, it’s best to show effort, and not just demand changes from those of us who are volunteering to help you.

            Alan KilbornA 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 4
            • Alan KilbornA
              Alan Kilborn @PeterJones
              last edited by

              @PeterJones

              Heheh…Peter holds people hostage to some decoding effort…hehehe. Wish I’d thought of that technique. It’s got snarky me written all over it. LOL

              In other words, Nice one Peter!

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