Notepad ++ : How to Replace as the description

Question

I have lines like these

abye/>abye
abys/>abys
aced/>aced
aces/>aces

I want it like this

abye
abys
aced
aces

Is it possible? If it is then please someone show me the way.

Avinash Raj · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-17T06:32:32.593

1

The below regex would remove all the characters from start upto the />

Regex:

^.*\/>

REplacement string:

Empty string

OR

The below regex would remove all the characters from /> upto the end.

Regex:

\/>.*$

Replacement string:

Empty string

Pattern Explanation:

By replacing all the matched characters with an empty string, you get only the part before />

edited Sep 17 '14 at 06:32

answered Sep 17 '14 at 06:20

Avinash Raj

Well by the way. My curious mind wants to know what does it calls? I mean by what name this replacing method is called ? – Arifuzzaman Pranto Sep 17 '14 at 06:28
Added some more explanation. `^` means start and `$` means end of a line. – Avinash Raj Sep 17 '14 at 06:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '14 at 06:24

0

^(.*)(?=\/).*$

You can try this.Replace by

$1.

See demo.

answered Sep 17 '14 at 06:24

vks

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