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Which command did you execute in UltraEdit or UEStudio resulting in an error message with ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND ? I have never seen such a message since I use UE/UES which is more than 20 years.

The sort of your Windows-1252 encoded DOS text file works fine with 32-bit UltraEdit v2022.1.0.124. There is either a problem with 64-bit version or an installation issue or a file system issue. I have not installed the 64-bit version and cannot run a test with 64-bit UltraEdit v2022.1.0.124. Sugges...

I cannot reproduce such a sort problem with a new ANSI encoded file containing just three lines with Alpha , Oscar , Zulu with 32-bit UltraEdit 2022.1.0.124. It could be helpful to have your text file and your sort settings as stored in file %APPDATA% \IDMComp\UltraEdit\volatile\ue.vod in group [Sor...

The working directory must be configured with just %p without the double quotes. Everything else looks correct. Background information: There is called the Windows kernel library function CreateProcess with function parameter lpCurrentDirectory being a long pointer to the string with the directory p...

A Perl regular expression search with (?<! <W ) •water searches for •water and uses a negative lookbehind to verify if there is not " <W " preceding found •water for a positive match.

I suppose that you have on manual search for a line with just nine instead of ten 1 not selected Perl as regular expression engine to use as shown in the image below. perl_regexp_line_with_just_nine_ones.png The Perl regular expression will not find the third line and put the character at end of thi...

No data in a specific column is not possible if the file is not a CSV file with separators between the data values. On normal text files can be searched only for lines with less characters than expected for which I wrote the Perl regular expression to use already in my first answer. See the forum to...

A normal space character is simply a normal space character in a Perl regular expression search or replace string. It is also possible to use \x20 (hexadecimal notation of a normal space character) or \x{0020} (hexadecimal Unicode notation of a normal space), but simply use a space in search express...

The special characters ^c and ^s are supported only in non-regular expression and in UltraEdit regular expression finds/replaces whereby the clipboard content or the selected text is interpreted as UltraEdit regular expression string on using ^c and ^s in an UltraEdit regular expression find/replace...

There is the page UltraCompare Lite vs. UltraCompare Pro with a comparison table showing which features are not available in UltraCompare Lite. A simple text comparison of two text files is of course supported by UltraCompare Lite too. How do start the text files comparison? UltraCompare Lite can be...

My instructions on how to update the tag list file replicate what UltraEdit itself does on creating the directory %APPDATA% \IDMComp\UltraEdit and all the subdirectories and files (for a new user or on first start and exit after first installation). You can see that by renaming the application data ...