Mark every line contains less than 3 dots

Mohammed Asif

i have a list of ip, but i want to mark every line which contains less than 3 dots(.)

example:
220.108.104.67
220.132.126
220.135.237.66
220.135.254.94
220.181.7
220.181.19.65
220.181.19.87

result:
i want the line 2 and 5 to be marked(220.181.7 and 220.132.126)

guy038

Hello, @mohammed-asif and All,

Very easy with regexes !

Open the Mark dialog ( Ctrl + M )
SEARCH ^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}$
Tick the Bookmark line option and, preferably, the Wrap around option
Select the Regular expression search mode
Hit the Mark All button

Voila !

An alternate syntax, using a subroutine call to group 1, would be :

SEARCH ^(\d{1,3})(\.(?1)){2}$

Best Regards,

guy038

AdrianHHH

The easy way is to mark all lines with three dots then to invert the bookmarks.

Open the mark dialogue, ensure “Regular expressions” and “Bookmark line” are selected and that “Dot matches newline is not selected”. Enter the regular expression

\..*\..*\.

then click “Mark all”.
The final step is to use menu => Search => Bookmark => Inverse bookmark.

Mohammed Asif

thanks, guys it worked, both of your solutions worked