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1067.Text file parser -- How to search specific strings and save each instance into a text file?

User: editor -- 2013-03-25 << 1066 1068 >>

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Type: Text file parser

Description:

How to search specific strings and save each instance into a text file? For example, search everything between and , and save to 1.txt, 2.txt, 3.txt, etc.

Input Sample:

Output Sample:

1.txt:
text1

2.txt:
text2

3.txt:
text3

4.txt:
text4

Answer:

Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps.

1. ctrl-o open 'text' file
2. ctrl-h open 'replace' dialogue
* set 'search for pattern' to:

* set 'replace with pattern' to:

* click 'advanced' tab, set 'run following for each matched unit' to:

3. click 'Replace', all file 1.txt, 2.txt ... will be saved in d:\test\ folder.

Note: folder delimiter should be double backslash, such as:
d:\\test\\$word_no.txt

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