Notepad++: Mark Column until End of File

Question

It\'s a simple question, I searched in google but didn\'t find anything helpful.

I know about the column mode in Notepad++ (Alt + Left mouse click or by using

Answer 1

• Ctrl+H
• Find what: ^\d+\h+(\d+).+$
• Replace with: $1
• check Wrap around
• check Regular expression
• DO NOT CHECK . matches newline
• Replace all

Explanation:

^       : begining of line
  \d+   : 1 or more digits
  \h+   : 1 or more horizontal spaces
  (\d+) : group 1, 1 or more digits
  .+    : 1 or more any character
$       : end of line

Replacement:

$1      : content of group 1 (ie the second column)

Result for given example:

2942843527
2942843813
2942844067
2942844321
2942844575
2942844837
2942845100
2942845345
2942845599
2942845845