Edit text files - newbie question

[somervib]

Hello,

I've checked through the forum but couldn't find an example of how to remove all but certain characters in multiple files. Here is an example of what I am working with:

325\250.9.98.45.ini(2): 250.9.98.45

Here is what I would like it to look like:

250.9.98.45

I have about 950 files all with this 1 line in which I was able to extract out and create a single file for simplicity and backup.

Again, newbie question so thanks for the help.

Brian

[Bob Hansen]

Use Regular Expressions in Search/Replace:

Search for: ^.*: (.*)
Replace with: \1

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Use the following settings:
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[X] Regular expression
Replace All
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Configure | Preferences | Editor
[X] Use POSIX regular expression syntax
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You can do the replace in all open documents.
You can open multiple documents by starting TextPad calling a list of files to open: textpad.exe @filename

This will open all the files that are listed, one per line, in the specified file.