I need to use ctrl+f to add a tab after a symbol for a very large text file.

[Cc]

I have text following this format:

APPLES:01;PEARS:02;BANANAS:03;TOMATOES:11;

Using ‘replace all’ in ctrl+f , can I format the text into this?

APPLES:01;
PEARS:02;
BANANAS:03;
TOMATOES:11;

I’ve tried ;\t but nothing happens other than it adding \t after every ;.

[Alan Kilborn]

@cc

Find: ;
Replace: ;\r\n
Search mode: Regular expression

[Cc]

@alan-kilborn

I had to use Extended instead of Regular expression but other than that it worked.

Thanks, this saved me a lot of time!

[Alan Kilborn]

@cc said in I need to use ctrl+f to add a tab after a symbol for a very large text file.:

I had to use Extended instead of Regular expression but other than that it worked.

There is no reason why this would not also work in Regular expression mode.

[Neil Schipper]

APPLES:01;PEARS:02;BANANAS:03;TOMATOES:11;

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