Notepad++ How to remove last character (:) on every line

Question

In Notepad++ how can I remove : at the end of lines like this

FRUIT:SHOP:TBA0002:RACK 01:LINE 1:TOP:MAX:1602:1612:

So it will become like this

FRUIT:SHOP:TBA0002:RACK 01:LINE 1:TOP:MAX:1602:1612

I have a very large list which consists of around 3000 lines.

Answer 1

You can use a regular expression at the replace dialog.

Find:

.{1}$

Replace with nothing then just select Replace All

Full options are:

Answer 2

From the manual Regular Expressions page, it states

Notepad++ regular expressions use the Boost regular expression library v1.70, which is based on PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expression) syntax

So, you must simply search for a regular expression

:$

and replace this with nothing.

The dollar sign $ denotes the end of line.

For more on regular expressions, see the Notepad++ manual link above or http://www.regular-expressions.info/.

Answer 3

Use find and replace, check the extended option, look for :\r\n and replace with \r\n. This will remove them all except for the last line.