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How can I select the same set of characters that occur in multiple non-contiguous lines, then copy those entire marked lines to a new Notepad?

I have 3 characters "(CE" appearing in 1,000's of lines but not every one. How do I select all lines with that set of characters, then copy the entire set of lines out to a new Notepad ++?

thank you

Solution

  • Open the "Mark" tab of the search/replace dialogue, or use menu => Search => Mark.... Ensure that "Bookmark line" is selected. Enter the required search string, and click on "Mark all". The lines containing the search string should now be highlighted with blue circles on their left. Now use menu => Search => Bookmark => Copy bookmarked lines and then do a paste into a new buffer and save. The menu entries also show you the keyboard combinations, if any, that do the same tasks.