deleting unnecessary characters from txt document

Question

I am facing a bit of a problem, i am not good at programming yet. i have a text that looks like this:

D28151373 15-04 040 028230457 01-01 015 D28250305 01-08 048 D28250661 03-01 032 028151376 12-01 057 028230460 01-01 001 D28250305 01-09 049 D28250663 03-01 025 028151377 12-01 057 028230462 01-01 014

just like a million times longer.

What I need to do is to delete the first character and then keep the next 11 characters (including spaces) and the delete the next 9 characters, keep 11 characters, delete 9 characters, and on and on and on...

There must be a simple way to make a script do this automaticity but I simply can't figure out how. (BTW I am good at understanding the code but I am lost when i have to start myself) and what is the best program to do this simple task in, I was thinking about Notepad++ or C++.

the line should end up looking like this: "28151373 15 28230457 01 28250305 01 28250661 03 28151376 12 28230460 01 28250305 01 28250663 03 28151377 12 28230462 01 — Stefan Baier Nielsen, Jul 31 '17 at 13:44
Notepad++ it is a text editor , c++ it is a programming language — Frank, Jul 31 '17 at 13:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '17 at 14:39

Ctrl+H
Find what: .(.{11}).{8}
Replace with: $1 <-- there is a space after $1
Replace all

Explanation:

.       : 1 character
(.{11}) : group 1, 11 characters
.{8}    : 8 characters

Replacement:

$1   : group 1 and a space

Result for given example:

28151373 15 28230457 01 28250305 01 28250661 03 28151376 12 28230460 01 28250305 01 28250663 03 28151377 12 28230462 01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '18 at 11:24

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You may also use a Notepad++ macro:

Macro → Start Recording
Del Ctrl+→ → → Del Del Del Del Del Del Del →
Macro → Stop Recording
Macro → Run a Macro Multiple Times...

answered Aug 22 '18 at 11:24

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