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Asked: 2026-06-16T16:55:14+00:00

I’ve got a file with 200 or so GUID’s scattered throughout that have had

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I’ve got a file with 200 or so GUID’s scattered throughout that have had their dashes removed. I need to put these dashes back in but doing it manually would be tedious and time consuming. Is there a way to do a replace all, perhaps in notepad++, to place dashes in the GUIDS?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Press CTRL+H to open the “Replace”-Dialog:

    Enter 

      ([0-9a-f]{8})([0-9a-f]{4})([0-9a-f]{4})([0-9a-f]{4})([0-9a-f]{12})

    in the “Find What”-Textfield and

    $1-$2-$3-$4-$5

    int the “Replace With”-Textfield. Make sure to have checked the “Regular Expression” checkbox.

    Press the “Replace All” button and the magic will happen.

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