Remove all lines that contain characters other than
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I have a list of with words and unwanted characters
hag-lawig
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ngatanan
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makakita
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I want to remove all lines that contain characters other than a certain string of characters; in my case "a-z" and "-".
That is, in this case, lines containing "ó" "A" "%" etc. should be removed:
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
Thank you for your help!
notepad++ regex
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I have a list of with words and unwanted characters
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
/
¤
8¨2Þ‹%·/ój
An
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
I want to remove all lines that contain characters other than a certain string of characters; in my case "a-z" and "-".
That is, in this case, lines containing "ó" "A" "%" etc. should be removed:
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
Thank you for your help!
notepad++ regex
asked Nov 29 at 6:54
Briis300
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up vote
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down vote
favorite
I have a list of with words and unwanted characters
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
/
¤
8¨2Þ‹%·/ój
An
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
I want to remove all lines that contain characters other than a certain string of characters; in my case "a-z" and "-".
That is, in this case, lines containing "ó" "A" "%" etc. should be removed:
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
Thank you for your help!
notepad++ regex
asked Nov 29 at 6:54
Briis300
1
I have a list of with words and unwanted characters
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
/
¤
8¨2Þ‹%·/ój
An
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
I want to remove all lines that contain characters other than a certain string of characters; in my case "a-z" and "-".
That is, in this case, lines containing "ó" "A" "%" etc. should be removed:
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
Thank you for your help!
notepad++ regex
notepad++ regex
asked Nov 29 at 6:54
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asked Nov 29 at 6:54
Briis300
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asked Nov 29 at 6:54
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Ctrl+H
- Find what:
^.*[^a-z-].*$R?
- Replace with:
LEAVE EMPTY
- check Wrap around
- check Regular expression
- UNCHECK
. matches newline - Replace all
Explanation:
^ # beginning of line
.* # 0 or more any character but newline
[^a-z-] # any character that is not lowercase or dash
.*
$ # end of line
R? # any kind of linebreak, optional
Result for given example:
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
answered Nov 29 at 13:15
Toto
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Ctrl+H
- Find what:
^.*[^a-z-].*$R?
- Replace with:
LEAVE EMPTY
- check Wrap around
- check Regular expression
- UNCHECK
. matches newline - Replace all
Explanation:
^ # beginning of line
.* # 0 or more any character but newline
[^a-z-] # any character that is not lowercase or dash
.*
$ # end of line
R? # any kind of linebreak, optional
Result for given example:
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
answered Nov 29 at 13:15
Toto
3,37191126
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
Ctrl+H
- Find what:
^.*[^a-z-].*$R?
- Replace with:
LEAVE EMPTY
- check Wrap around
- check Regular expression
- UNCHECK
. matches newline - Replace all
Explanation:
^ # beginning of line
.* # 0 or more any character but newline
[^a-z-] # any character that is not lowercase or dash
.*
$ # end of line
R? # any kind of linebreak, optional
Result for given example:
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
answered Nov 29 at 13:15
Toto
3,37191126
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Ctrl+H
- Find what:
^.*[^a-z-].*$R?
- Replace with:
LEAVE EMPTY
- check Wrap around
- check Regular expression
- UNCHECK
. matches newline - Replace all
Explanation:
^ # beginning of line
.* # 0 or more any character but newline
[^a-z-] # any character that is not lowercase or dash
.*
$ # end of line
R? # any kind of linebreak, optional
Result for given example:
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
answered Nov 29 at 13:15
Toto
3,37191126
Ctrl+H
- Find what:
^.*[^a-z-].*$R?
- Replace with:
LEAVE EMPTY
- check Wrap around
- check Regular expression
- UNCHECK
. matches newline - Replace all
Explanation:
^ # beginning of line
.* # 0 or more any character but newline
[^a-z-] # any character that is not lowercase or dash
.*
$ # end of line
R? # any kind of linebreak, optional
Result for given example:
hag-lawig
ha
waray
katapusan
ngatanan
nga
makakita
ha
akon
answered Nov 29 at 13:15
Toto
3,37191126
answered Nov 29 at 13:15
Toto
3,37191126
answered Nov 29 at 13:15
Toto
3,37191126
answered Nov 29 at 13:15
Toto
3,37191126
3,37191126
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