i want to split my text file into 1332 different files at specific part and save in single folder

[Abhishek Sharma]

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

[Alan Kilborn]

@Abhishek-Sharma

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.

[guy038]

Hello, @abhishek-sharma, @alan-kilborn and All,

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 :

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• 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 !

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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

[Alan Kilborn]

@guy038 said :

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.

[dr ramaanand]

@guy038 People come and ask here because they don’t know where else to ask, so please do help people like us even if it is unrelated to Notepad++ and you know the solution.

[PeterJones]

@dr-ramaanand ,

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.

[mkupper]

I was reading through @guy038’s reply and got excited when I read “very easy solution” and so continued to read until I saw …gnu…download the gawk-4.1.0-bin.zip…

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.

[Alan Kilborn]

@mkupper said:

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.

[guy038]

Hi, @abhishek-sharma, @alan-kilborn, @peterjones, @dr-ramaanand, @mkupper and All,

@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 !

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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) !

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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 !

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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

[Lycan Thrope]

@guy038 ,
Sure am glad I didn’t suggest a dBASE Plus solution for this problem and end up in that list. <g,d,r>