<![CDATA[How to replace multiple "variables" vs a template]]>I’ve a certain configuration template i have to replicate N times where N is the number of lines in a file replacing certain “words” with the ones present in the source line, a sort of mail merge I’d like to obtain in NPP… Hope the example is more clear:
Template text/file:

conf conf %VAR1% conf
conf  %VAR1% conf %VAR1%
conf conf %VAR1% conf conf %VAR2%
conf %VAR2%

file with list of variables:

*var1*,*var2*
*test,*merge*
*mail*,*MERGE*

desired result:

conf conf *var1* conf
conf  *var1* conf *var1*
conf conf *var1* conf conf *var2*
conf *var2*
conf conf *test* conf
conf  *test* conf *test*
conf conf *test* conf conf *merge*
conf *merge*
conf conf *mail* conf
conf  *mail* conf *mail*
conf conf *mail* conf conf *MERGE*
conf *MERGE*
]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/22666/how-to-replace-multiple-variables-vs-a-templateRSS for NodeFri, 12 Jun 2026 08:49:44 GMTThu, 03 Mar 2022 14:04:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How to replace multiple "variables" vs a template on Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:01:31 GMT]]>@michael-vincent said in How to replace multiple "variables" vs a template:

conf\nconf

And you’d want to be careful about what type of “newlines” you put in; specifically on Windows you are likely to want \r\n instead of \n.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/74920https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/74920Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:01:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to replace multiple "variables" vs a template on Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:35:43 GMT]]>@peterjones said in How to replace multiple "variables" vs a template:

I think that does what you want.

You could do this with Notepad++ regular expression Find/Replace, you just need to put the newlines in the “Replace” text box:

conf conf $1 conf\nconf $1 conf $1\nconf conf $1 conf conf $2\nconf $2

In case you don’t want (or can’t install) the plugin. The plugin text box does make it much more obvious, intuitive, visually appealing for the multi-line search and replace.

Cheers.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/74919https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/74919Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:35:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to replace multiple "variables" vs a template on Thu, 03 Mar 2022 18:16:43 GMT]]>@andrea-zaccheroni ,

Normally I would say that mail merge is something that should be done with a purpose-built tool (and I’m surprised no one has written a mailmerge plugin, that I can find, for Notepad++). But your example is easy enough (and since you went to the trouble to actually present your question with the data marked up, I am happy to help).

I was recently reminded of the ToolBucket plugin (Plugins > Plugins Admin, checkmark ToolBucket, and Install), which has a multi-line FIND and REPLACE box, which makes search/replace like this much easier.

  1. active file =
    *var1*,*var2*
*test,*merge*
*mail*,*MERGE*
PETER,JONES
  2. Plugins > ToolBucket > Multiline Find and Replace
  3. FIND = (?-s)^(.*?),(.*)$
  4. REPLACE =
    conf conf $1 conf
conf $1 conf $1
conf conf $1 conf conf $2
conf $2
    (you can just copy that from the forum and paste it in the box)
  5. checkmark the “Use regular expression” checkbox
  6. Replace and/or Replace All
    112a4e5c-9d27-4815-b243-d3bedafd209a-image.png 7. With my example, the results were
    conf conf *var1* conf
conf *var1* conf *var1*
conf conf *var1* conf conf *var2*
conf *var2*
conf conf *test conf
conf *test conf *test
conf conf *test conf conf *merge*
conf *merge*
conf conf *mail* conf
conf *mail* conf *mail*
conf conf *mail* conf conf *MERGE*
conf *MERGE*
conf conf PETER conf
conf PETER conf PETER
conf conf PETER conf conf JONES
conf JONES

I think that does what you want.

-—

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