<![CDATA[RegExp to find path not working (any more)?]]>A text file contains lots of file names with leading pathes e.g.

D:\aaa\bbb\ccc\myfile.doc

I want to search now the next path (except filename) starting at the left in column 1.
In the past I used therefore a regexp

(?-s)^,+\

This should find D:\aaa\bbb\ccc\ from sample above

But when I enter this RegExp in NP++ Find dialog it does not find any of the hundreds path+filenames.

Why not?

Yes, I enabled Regular Expression Search mode at the bottom

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/23274/regexp-to-find-path-not-working-any-moreRSS for NodeWed, 15 Jul 2026 10:26:18 GMTThu, 21 Jul 2022 06:00:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to RegExp to find path not working (any more)? on Fri, 22 Jul 2022 08:06:39 GMT]]>@guy038 said in RegExp to find path not working (any more)?:

Hello, @claudia-svenson, @ekopalypse and All,
SEARCH / MARK (?-s)^.+\\

It works.
Thank you

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/78578https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/78578Fri, 22 Jul 2022 08:06:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RegExp to find path not working (any more)? on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:42:41 GMT]]>Hello, @claudia-svenson, @ekopalypse and All,

Eko, just a typo; the correct regex is :

SEARCH / MARK (?-s)^.+\\

BR

guy038

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/78545https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/78545Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:42:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RegExp to find path not working (any more)? on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 07:23:54 GMT]]>@Claudia-Svenson said in RegExp to find path not working (any more)?:

(?-s)^,+\

I assume it should be (?-s)^.+\ (note the dot instead of the comma.)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/78539https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/78539Thu, 21 Jul 2022 07:23:54 GMT