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NotePad++ - Why does finding ^ not work?

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Mar 15, 202652002 views
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I am trying to move away from TextPad, and I just can't get regular expressions like and to be replaced. I have definitely ticked the regular expression box. What am I doing wrong? I am trying to find the start of a new line. In TextPad, it is find '^' and ensure regular expressions is enabled. Wit…

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Fix for: NotePad++ - Why does finding ^ not work?

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^ and $ are both anchors in Regex, which means if you want to replace the literal chars and you need to escape them, usually with a leading backslash ( , and ). To find the first character on a line use The start line anchor ( ) is a zero-width matc…

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