Remove every other character
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I’ve opened a corrupted jpg file in notepad++ and noticed that every character is doubled. For example, instead of going “ÿØÿà JFIF” at the start, it goes “ÿÿØØÿÿàà JJFFIIFF”. This goes on for the whole 2456 lines. I want to know if there’s a way to remove every other character to make it normal again as I’m pretty sure this is the root of the corruption.
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Hello, @swag-potato and All,
Weird request ! Anyway, @swag-potato, here is a solution :
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Open the Replace dialog (
Ctrl + H
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SEARCH
(\w)\1
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REPLACE
\1
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Tick the
Wrap around
option -
Select the
Regular expression
search mode -
Click on the
Replace All
button
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Notes :
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This regex change any doubled word character with this word char
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If some non-word chars ( as
:
,#
or€
,… ) exist in your.jpg
file, prefer the following search regex(?-s)(.)\1
!
Best Regards
guy038
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@Swag-Potato said in Remove every other character:
I’ve opened a corrupted jpg file in notepad++
Editing a non-text file in Notepad++ is probably a pretty good way to ensure corruption, not eliminate it. My advice: Don’t do this.