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Most kind..oops..well spotted..it was very late ! :oops: The Doc Selector method doesn't work unfortunately and I actually need to Cut/Delete the Marked lines across numerous files not Clear the bookmarks. Sadly the Edit-CutOther-BookmarkedLines route also fails where all files are highlighted in ...

..the previous solution of: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43277512/how-do-i-cut-bookmarked-lines-in-multiple-files-with-notepad no longer applicable as "Bookmark" option has been removed from "Search" on Main-Menu ? Any pointers appreciated as have MANY bookmarks to remove (often) - not ...

Version- TextPad 8.1.2 (64bit) on Win10 Any smart way to avoid having to manually install ALL my previous TP Configuration Preferences on a new PC ? eg Copying over a TP Config file, or .ini file (ASCII readable), or Registery Export/Import ? (couldnt find anything obvious on a Registry search to ...

Thanks for assistance; couple of follow-ups: TextPad6 - is there a WAY to ensure that RegExp box is ALWAYS checked on opening TextPad - cant seem to find an .INI file that wont then be overwritten as ConfigState.xml is (eg when manually unchecking RegExp box) - does such a "protected" .INI exist in ...

Any idea how to ensure the "Regular Expression" checkbox is always checked in the Search|Replace dialogue box on starting a TextPad6 session (Win7 Pro) - is there a TextPad .INI file setting I can edit to ensure it always is checked ? Details - I use Textpad in a WinBatch batch file using SendKeys ...

Thank you for this.
Yes, I went doen the Perl route in the end..got their eventually - I can post Perl code on request if anyone needs ?

Thanks again

Thanks for this
May need to resort to something like Perl (unless you have any other suggestions - WildEdit ?)

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I have a large .txt (115,000 lines) that contains many variable length sub-sections stacked on top of each other; I need to extract each subsection text between Common seperators & save extraction to a seperate text file (with *.LOG extension). Need to automate process via macro (or other method ...

Where can attempt to learn S & R using wildcards & RegExps from concrete examples ? WildEdit Help has lots of stuff on RegExp etc but I cant find any examples of S & R using Wildcards ? Nothing readily obvious on the recent Forum history either PROBLEM I want to extend a generic text line that is ...

TextPad v5.2.0 32 BIT What is the current limit for the maximum number of Files Open at the same time ? Is the constraint the NUMBER of open files OR the size*number of open files ? I am doing global edits/search & replace across approx 500 small .txt files - TP wont allow me to oepn all of them so ...