How can I delete rest of the line after a specific string?

Question

I'm looking for a way to search for a specific string e.g. '=UUID:' and delete it and all following characters per line. I would prefer a way/macro/addon for notepad++. But all other tools or scripts are welcome :)

Before

 *://81.88.22.6/*=UUID:63969B2469B7A94EBBDBD7CB5B9C00BA
 *://*-ad.cgi*=UUID:3C8EFF48B674CC42BF5B6E2B7BA820E7
 *://*-ads/*=UUID:0D6CF7D5BE3F034C8A136CC99A074406

Note that the numbers are always different per line so you couldn't do a search 'n replace with them.

Should look like this after

*://81.88.22.6/*
*://*-ad.cgi*
*://*-ads/*

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '11 at 09:53

27

Search mode regular expression, Find

=UUID:.*

Replace with nothing.

answered Jan 15 '11 at 09:53

Daniel Beck

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score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 10 '14 at 05:16

It's easy. Your question:

*://81.88.22.6/*=UUID:63969B2469B7A94EBBDBD7CB5B9C00BA
*://*-ad.cgi*=UUID:3C8EFF48B674CC42BF5B6E2B7BA820E7
*://*-ads/*=UUID:0D6CF7D5BE3F034C8A136CC99A074406

My answer:

[=].*

Result:

*://81.88.22.6/*
*://*-ad.cgi*
*://*-ads/*

Explanation:

= character, represent the character you want to remove
.* characters, represent all the characters after that

That's it.

score -2 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 24 '17 at 16:06

-2

Using find and replace:

Hit CTRL-H to open the Replace dialogue box
enter =UUID:.* into Find what
leave Replace with empty
Select Regular expression and .matches newline
Click on Replace

edited Apr 24 '17 at 16:06

I say Reinstate Monica

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answered Apr 24 '17 at 16:03

Kamleshkumar G

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How can I delete rest of the line after a specific string?

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