Question

I am working with 3 log files in notepad++.
Is there a way the clear the contents of all three files at once in one or two clicks?

I’ve searched plugins but couldn’t find anything. A macro, from what i’ve tried, records the activity in the active file, so if i change files it won’t record that.

A solution would help me alot, thanks.

EDIT: Also it would be great to save the files once they are cleared.
Isn’t there something like batch commands to do in notepad++.
(by the way i also tried batch commands to clear the files but then i get that the file is being used by the system, so i concluded that it’s only possible from the text editor)

Answer 1

Record a macro (Macro --> Start Recording) where you perform the following steps

• Open Search --> Replace...
• Select Regular expression
• Enter regex ^.*(\r\n)*
• Clear content of Replace with
• Click Replace All in All Opened Documents
• Click Ok and Close
• Click the Save All button

Stop the macro recording (Macro --> Stop Recording) and save it (Macro --> Save Current Recorded Macro). From the save dialog you can assign a shortcut to the macro.

Now you can run this macro at any time with the shortcut you assigned.

I have confirmed that this works on Notepad++ 6.2.2. On 5.8.1 however the regex does not work.