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Combine two separate files line by line in Notepad++

Problem:

I need to combine two separate files line by line.

For Eg:
Consider I have two text files file 1 and file 2.
File 1 contains the following text

Start of Line 1
Start of Line 2
Start of Line 3
.
.
.
Start of Line N

File 2 Contains the following text

End of Line 1
End of Line 2
End of Line 3
.
.
.
End of Line N

Solution:

  1. Open a new tab ( Ctrl + N )
  2. Select the contents of File 1 and paste them in this new tab
  3. Write any symbols in a new line. Eg: ______ ( Type 3 _ characters )
  4. Select the contents of File 2 and paste them, in the new tab, BELOW the ___ line
  5. Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )
  6. SEARCH : (?s)^___.+|(?-s)^.*(?=\R(?:.*\R){n}(^.*)) ( Just replace n with the appropriate number of lines )
  7. REPLACE: ?1$0\1
  8. OPTIONS: Wrap Around and Regular expression set. All other options unticked
  9. ACTION: Click on the Replace All button

Result:

File 3

Start of Line 1End of Line 1
Start of Line 2End of Line 2
Start of Line 3End of Line 3
..
..
..
Start of Line NEnd of Line N


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