Sublime Text 2 multiple line edit

I want to edit multiple lines and every "word" within that line. For example:

45 28 42 65
24 87 47 95
01 25 87 98

I want to select every whole number in all lines and put a "0x" before it so it would look like:

0x45 0x28 0x42 0x65
0x24 0x87 0x47 0x95
0x01 0x25 0x87 0x98

I know the Ctrl+shift+L to get cursors on each line, but how can I get the cursors in front of every number to mass edit all at once?


Highlight the lines and use:

  • Windows: Ctrl+Shift+L
  • Mac: Cmd ⌘+Shift+L

You can then move the cursor to your heart's content and edit all lines at once.

It's also called "Split into Lines" in the "Selection" menu.


Use multiple cursors and column selection.

In your case you just need to place the cursors at the beginning of each column containing the "words".

Linux and Windows

  • Click & drag to select column(s): Shift + RightMouseBtn
  • Add other column(s) to selection by click & drag: Ctrl + Shift + RightMouseBtn
  • Subtract column(s) from the selection: Alt + Shift + RightMouseBtn
  • Add individual cursors: Ctrl + LeftMouseBtn
  • Remove individual cursors: Alt + LeftMouseBtn

Mac

  • Click & drag to select column(s): Option⌥ + LeftMouseBtn
  • Add other column(s) to selection by click & drag: Option⌥ + LeftMouseBtn
  • Subtract column(s) from the selection: Cmd⌘ + Option⌥ + shift + LeftMouseBtn
  • Add individual cursors: Cmd⌘ + LeftMouseBtn
  • Remove individual cursors: Cmd⌘ + Option⌥ + shift + LeftMouseBtn

Then edit as needed. In your case, type 0, x.

You could also navigate as needed to the end or beginning of the words, select the words and surround with quotes or parenthesis, and so on.


References:

  • Column selection

Worked for me on OS X + Sublime build 3083:

OPTION (ALT) + select lines

I'm not sure it's possible "out of the box". And, unfortunately, I don't know an appropriate plugin either. To solve the problem you suggested you could use regular expressions.

  1. Cmd + F (Find)
  2. Regexp: [^ ]+ (or \d+, or whatever you prefer)
  3. Option + F (Find All)
  4. Edit it

Hotkeys may vary depending on you OS and personal preferences (mine are for OS X).


I was facing the same problem on Linux, what I did was to select all the content (ctrl-A) and then press ctrl+shift+L, It gives you a cursor on each line and then you can add similar content to each column.

Also you can perform other operations like cut, copy and paste column wise.

PS :- If you want to select a rectangular set of data from text, you can also press shift and hold Right Mouse button and then select data in a rectangular fashion. Then press CTRL+SHIFT+L to get the cursor on each line.