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      hobbycoder last edited by

      Hey Community, can someone tell me if Notepad++ is able to list files with a negative search string.
      I often use the feature to replace patterns in all opened files or in all files in a certain folder. But let’s say I have 111 files in a folder and a certain string is missing in 11 of them, can NP++ then show me which of these files are lacking that string and how can I do that?

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      • Ekopalypse
        Ekopalypse @hobbycoder last edited by

        @hobbycoder,

        maybe with something like this: ^(?!.*this_is_not_included).*

        You can find more information on this topic here.

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        • Alan Kilborn
          Alan Kilborn last edited by

          @hobbycoder

          I would take the advice found HERE, and thus for the example @Ekopalypse started:

          find: (?s-i)\A(?:(?!\Qthis_is_not_included\E).)+\z

          Of course the search mode is Regular expression for this.

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            hobbycoder @Ekopalypse last edited by

            @ekopalypse said in Something like "negative" search?:

            ^(?!.this_is_not_included).

            Thx for your reply. Unfortunatly that seems not to work. I will look into the thread you mentioned.

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