Notepad++ is there a way to extract all lines that contain a certain search string? - GoFuckYourself.com

d-null · 06-18-2009, 01:02 PM

say I have a huge text file that I want to condense down to just the lines that contain a certain word or words

is there an easy way to do this with Notepad++ ?

d-null · 06-18-2009, 02:10 PM

how about any other easier solutions?

GrouchyAdmin · 06-18-2009, 02:12 PM

You're looking for 'grep'. Part of unixutils. You can download it by itself. It runs via command line.

Simple use: grep <whatyouwant> filename > foundlines.txt
Case insignicant: grep -i <whatyouwant> filename > foundlines.txt

shimmy2 · 06-18-2009, 04:09 PM

try motepad

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06-18-2009, 04:09 PM	#4
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