How to add a space in front of every line in notepad

Question

I have a list of data in notepad and want to insert a space in the beginning of each line.

Example

This is how it looks in the notepad now

Number

"123"

"123"

"124"

"126"

"147"

I want it to look like below

    Number

    "123"

    "123"

    "124"

    "126"

    "147"

I am sure there is some short cut. Please advice.

Zoospore

found a similar question on superuser find and replace – Plethoric

Answer 1

Open your file in Notepad++

Press Ctrl+H to open the Replace window.

Change the "Search Mode" to Regular expression.

In the "Find what" box, type (\n|^)

In the "Replace with" box, type \1     (with your spaces or tab at the end)

Then click "Replace All"

Note: If you want tabs instead of spaces, a tab character can be typed with Alt+09

Bibulous

@FilippoG If you're adding code on SO, simply select the code and click the button that looks like {}. SO will add the spaces for you. – Bibulous

Answer 2

This is for notepad pre-installed with ubuntu:

1.Select the lines you want to indent

2.click tab

That's all!

Scrannel

Answer 3

Press Alt and select the line no. move curser till the line no you want to have space . Now you can enter spaces as many you want or anything and save it.

Broca