<![CDATA[Extract specific lines from a VERY large text file]]>I use Proshow to create slide shows from photograpgs. The file that Proshow creates is a just plain text file but very large. The one I am working on at the moment has about 1.2 million line of text a small part is shown below

cell[331].customTransition.transId=2
cell[331].customTransition.includeGlobalCaptions=1
cell[332].imageEnable=1
cell[332].nrOfImages=1
cell[332].images[0].image=image/Flower 9283p copy.jpg
cell[332].images[0].imageEnable=1
cell[332].images[0].name=Flower 9283p copy

What I would like to be able to do is to extract a list of all the images files used in their correct order. The lines I want all have this format

cell[###].images[0].image=image/xxxxxxxx.jpg

where xxxxxxx is the actual file name as above and will vary as will ###. In all this show used 356 images. I was looking at how to isolate all lines containing the string .image=image/ and write them to a new file or delete all the lines that do not contain this string.

So two questions

  1. How can I extract all 356 lines from this master file and remove the rest

  2. Wouldl the extraction routine run in a reasonable time given the size of the original file.

Any help suggestions as to how to go about this would be most welcome.

John

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/23417/extract-specific-lines-from-a-very-large-text-fileRSS for NodeTue, 14 Jul 2026 12:52:04 GMTSat, 27 Aug 2022 20:44:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Extract specific lines from a VERY large text file on Sat, 27 Aug 2022 22:43:33 GMT]]>Sorry to have asked I have just found it is very easy to do with the search all function and then cut and paste the results

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