clean http file

[pinuzzu99]

hi everybody, i’ve saved an html file and i make a new macro to clean this file and keep only https links
this is the file after some step of my macro:
(note: i have 6 space at beginning, before </div> tag)

      </div></td><td><a href="https://g918-0f6cd9050b3b/IMG_20200906.jpg" target="_blank" class="text-fs-6">IMG_20200906.jpg</a>
      </div></td><td><a href="https://s06.00f6-4b63-9901-a698c6718296/haras0004.jpg" target="_blank" class="text-fs-6">haras0004.jpg</a>
      </div></td><td><a href="https://s784e473fc-c0d0-4a19-8c62/carama.jpg" target="_blank" class="text-fs-6">carama.jpg</a>
      </div></td><td><a href="https://s86.ce02-45c8-8518-38eae69d7832/IMG_202007.jpg" target="_blank" class="text-fs-6">IMG_202007.jpg</a>

i need to have this only:

https://g918-0f6cd9050b3b/IMG_20200906.jpg
https://s06.00f6-4b63-9901-a698c6718296/haras0004.jpg
https://s784e473fc-c0d0-4a19-8c62/carama.jpg
https://s86.ce02-45c8-8518-38eae69d7832/IMG_202007.jpg

now my macro use this regex to clean first part:

replace  (?-s).*href="

and this regex to clean final part:

replace (regex)    ".*

but i have a better way to do this?
maybe with only one command?
Regards

[guy038]

Hi, @pinuzzu99 and All,

Easy ! just use, in your macro the following search/replace regexes, below :

SEARCH (?-s)^.+?"(.+?)".+

REPLACE $1 OR \1

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Note that I used lazy quantifiers ( +? ) in order to get the smallest range of characters before the first " char and before the last one, as well !

Best Regards,

guy038

[pinuzzu99]

wow. your code work like a charm!
for me found right code like your is a big effort.
thank you so much for your support!

Regards

[pinuzzu99]

still another question: how to bookmark all lines between https: and .jpg ?

https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.jpg

[guy038]

Hello, @pinuzzu99 and All,

I’m surprised that you have not found the solution by yourself !

• If you want to bookmark the lines of your INPUT file, use the regex https.*?\.jpg

BTW, this is a second solution to your initial problem : once that all the sections are marked with the Mark All button, simply use the Copy Marked Text button and paste the results in a new tab !

• And, if you want to boomark the lines of your OUTPUT file, use the obvious regex (?-s)^.+

BR

guy038

[pinuzzu99]

thank you (again) for your reply.
great and hopeful answer

and sorry for this useless stuff, but how code use to put all your regex? from Replying toolbar i can see only “code” tag …

[guy038]

Hi, @pinuzzu99 and All,

When you click on a reply link, to elaborate an answer, simply click on the link COMPOSE ?, in order to get a summary of the main Markdown syntaxes !

You may also look to the valuable Markdown tutorial !

Note that my regex’s syntax is an In line code, which is displayed in red color on our site. You may emphasize this code with the italic or bold syntaxes , as I usually do !

Best Regards,

guy038

[pinuzzu99]

and so thanks for your for your explanation !

All the best