@peterjones, you said :

…we just politely point out to him when he’s pushing the boundaries (like this time).

Peter, I do thank you for your phrasing !

Note that I could have said, in my first post :

• Hit the F5 key

• Paste cmd /c gawk "BEGIN {n=0} {n++ ; print > \"File_\"n\".txt\"}" File_All.txt in the zone

• Click on the Run button

On the other hand, I could have created a batch file, from within N++, called Split.bat :

@echo off

cmd /c gawk "BEGIN {n=0} {n++ ; print > \"File_\"n\".txt\"}" File_All.txt

and then, use the Run > Run... option and paste either cmd /c Split.bat or cmd /c $(FILE_NAME) !

Now, I’m going to tease you a little ! In these three posts, below, you’re actually using a similar approach than mime :

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/26531

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46881

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/50945

I grant you that, in the first post, you began your post with :

This is not a coding help forum.

And, regarding the second post, I understand that you were testing if the output of a long_line_text file was correct or not on a printer device !

Now, here is a solution which only uses the cmd command within N++ and, thus, would keep its on-topic status !

• Let’s suppose this INPUT text, pasted in the File_All.txt file :

Here is
a small
text
to test
if my
batch
file works
as expected

• Copy the File_All.txt as File_For_Each_Line.bat

• Open the File_For_Each_Line.bat file in Notepad++

• Add an empty line at the very beginning ( IMPORTANT )

• Choose the Language > B > Batch menu option

• Choose the Encoding > Convert to ANSI menu option ( IMPORTANT )

• Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

• Untick all the box otpions

• FIND (?-s)(.+)|\A\R

• REPLACE (?1set /a NUM+=1 & echo \1 > file_%NUM%.txt:@echo OFF\r\nchcp 1252 > NUL\r\nset NUM=1\r\n)

• Tick the Wrap around option

• Select the Regular expression search mode

• Click once on the Replace All button

• Save the modifications of the File_For_Each_Line.bat file

Now :

• Hit the F5 key

• Paste cmd /c File_For_Each_Line.bat in the zone

• Click on the Run button

or

• Open a DOS command prompt

• Type File_For_Each_Line.bat and hit the Enter key

=> You should get, in current directory, eight new files, from file_1.txt to file_8.txt, each containing one line of the initial File_All.txt

Voila !

Best Regards,

guy038

I’ll be a bit more sneaky and do this nearly all in Notepad++.

And to me this is much more palatable of a solution.
Although it doesn’t entirely use Notepad++, it uses something external to Notepad++ that is present on every PC; specifically CMD.exe which is used to “run the newly created batch file”.
We don’t want an extensive discussion of batch/CMD here, however.

I’ll be a bit more sneaky and do this nearly all in Notepad++.

@Abhishek-Sharma

Step 1 - Do a search/replace with:

Search: ^
Replace: >>"%XFILE%" echo.

Step 2 - Do another search/replace with:

Search: (?-i)^(>>"%XFILE%" echo.data_(.+))
Replace: set XFILE=data_\2.cif\r\necho Generating %XFILE%\r\n\1

Step 3
Add one line at the top of the file with @echo off and then save the file as filename.bat where filename is something you pick.

step 4
Run the newly created batch file. It should generate 1332 separate files named data_something.cif where something is the data_... name.

Explanation - I made the assumption that each molecule starts with a data_... line and using those to generate the file name for each molecule. The search/replace steps convert the file from .cif file format into a batch script that generates the .cif file content.

Please don’t answer cookie baking questions.

If it’s borderline about text editing, like the question above, then the best thing for the original poster is to be pointed that “Notepad++ cannot do this; a tool that might be able to is XYZ, but you will have to look elsewhere to find help for using that tool, because this is a Notepad++ forum, not an XYZ forum.”

If it’s possible to answer in 1-2 sentences about the other tool, then as long as it’s presented with a caveat, “but further questions should be directed to an XYZ forum”, it will usually be tolerated. And with @guy038 's thousands of helpful Notepad++ specific answers, we just politely point out to him when he’s pushing the boundaries (like this time).

But this is a Notepad++ forum, not a general computer -help forum, and not even a text-transformation forum. Please keep questions and answers on topic.

Of course, I going to get some flak, from @alan-kilborn, for showing something that does not concern Notepad++, ( so off-topic )

Here’s your flak. As promised. :-)
We can’t devolve into solving everyone’s non-N++ problem.
If we do, it becomes uninteresting for those that want to see Notepad++ problems presented and solved here.

You said :

I have a file containing 1332 cif molecules. i want to convert them into 1332 different cif molecule files in a single folder.

Well, if each cif molecule corresponds to a single text line, here is a very easy solution :

• Rename your initial file as File_All.txt

• Create a new folder in your laptop

• Move to this new folder

• Copy the File_All.txt file in this folder

• Now, from this link https://code.google.com/archive/p/gnu-on-windows/downloads , download the gawk-4.1.0-bin.zip archive,

• Double-click on this archive

• Extract the unique file gawk.exe

• Open a CMD prompt window

• Type in the command gawk "BEGIN {n=0} {n++ ; print > \"File_\"n\".txt\"}" File_All.txt and valid

• After a while, when finished, you should get 1332 files, ( from File_1.txt to File_1332.txt ), which contain one line, each !

Now, @abhishek-sharma, if each cif molecule is NOT a single line, just show us your file containing the 1332 cif molecules or part of this file !

Of course, I going to get some flak, from @alan-kilborn, for showing something that does not concern Notepad++, ( so off-topic ), but hey, the solution is so simple !

Best Regards,

guy038

P.S. :

Anyone can easily test my solution ! For example, if a File_All.txt contains 17 lines, after execution, you’ll get 17 new files, from File_1.txt to File_17.txt

You need a programming language and some coding skills in order to do that.
It is not something that Notepad++ can help you with.
Sorry and good luck.