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Sorry, but you cannot call a TextPad macro from a command line.

After TextPad opens, you will need to manually start the TextPad macro.

So, test it out on some 10K files.

If it works, then purchase it for use on the larger files.

I just wanted to expand a bit on Mike Olds comments. I also am a part time moderator, and one of our main functions is to keep the forum professional. We have limited time and tools to identify spammers. We do not have access to the forum software, so we cannot set filters or rules. I am not going ...

This can be done with two separate RegEx strings:

Search for: \(.*\+(.*)\)
Replace with: ("\1 = " +\1)

and then run these

Search for: \(.*- (.*)\)
Replace with: ("\1)

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Using POSIX syntax
RegEX is ON.

It is possible that the commas, other chars, had been added as additional characters on the configuration page for Class/Syntax definition.

Don't know what environment variables are needed, but if TextPad is installed properly, you can run TextPad from the command line in a Command prompt window. You may need to use the complete path if TextPad folder is not in your path variable.

Search TextPad HELP, search for "Command Line" for the ...

I wouldn't call is a bug as much as a shortcoming. It is well known (but not well received).

The syntax highlighter uses "space" as the delimiter.
Not able to use any type of RegEx style filters in the current syntax processor.

I find it funny that ACRobin's solutions were using RegEx, but then later states:

you can provide a solution to the original question without using "Regex".

If you just run the RegEx on the whole document, then all lines will be processed, not stopping after line 100.

So you may need tp select words 1-100 or make the macro select the hundred words and have the macro run on Selected text only.

Or. run the Regex on the complete document, then go back ...

While using TextPad, you could run a macro to Insert Filename, copy it to clipboard, and delete it. Then you could later paste it from the clipboard into WildEdit replacement field.

Edit the Windows File Associations for that type of file,
or add the file type to the class extensions in one ofTextPad's default classes or create a new TextPad Class for that file type.

Sorry for asking about the obvious, but, I see that you updated the syntax file, but did you make a cs class and assign the syntax file to that class? Did you set the colors for that class? Important that you are working at the class level and not at the default for any documents.

When making configuration changes I find it best to follow these steps, especially for any changes in Classes:

1. Close all other copies of TextPad.
2. Close all open documents, INCLUDING THE DEFAULT NEW BLANK DOCUMENT.
3. Make the changes you want: Configure/Preferences/......
4. Apply and OK your ...

Based on your sample....
1. Search for: ^.log.*\n
Replace with: nothing

2. Search for: ^RequestId
Replace with: ~RequestId

3. Search for: \n
Replace with: ,

4. Search for: ~
Replace with: \n
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Use the following settings ...

It may be possible to do this with TestPad's Regular Expressions.

Submit a sample of the source data, showing the before and after contents. Use a masking character to hide confidential information, but explain the msaked content as alpha or numeric or both, spaces, etc.