How to Remove Duplicate Lines in EmEditor (2023)

EmEditor is a smart text editor software for Windows that supports a wide range of file formats, including plain text files, programming languages, Unicode, and large files.

EmEditor is developed by Emurasoft, Inc. The brain behind creating EmEditor is Emurasoft’s president Yutaka Emura who is based in the United States. Emura is also known for developing the EmTerm communication program.

EmEditor offers various features, including syntax highlighting, code folding, regular expressions, macros, multiple document support, and more.

EmEditor also supports plugins that extend its functionality and can be used for advanced tasks such as code debugging, web development, and text manipulation. It is available in both free and paid versions, with the paid version providing additional features and capabilities for power users.

How to Remove Duplicate Lines in EmEditor?

Although EmEditor is user-friendly software, with loads of options and features, it is not easy to find a quick solution at once. Therefore, we have decided to break down for our readers how they can remove duplicate lines in EmEditor.

To remove duplicate lines in EmEditor, you can follow these steps:

• Open the document in EmEditor.
• Select the lines that you want to remove duplicates from.
• Click on the “Sort” button on the toolbar or go to the “Sort” menu and choose “Sort Ascending” or “Sort Descending“. This will arrange the selected lines in alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order.
• After sorting the lines, go to the “Edit” menu and select “Remove Duplicate Lines“. This will remove all the duplicate lines from the selected lines.

Alternatively, you can also use EmEditor’s built-in macro to remove duplicate lines. Here are the steps:

• Open the document in EmEditor.
• Press “Ctrl + Shift +R” to open the “Record Micro” dialog box.
• Enter a name for the macro and click “OK“.
• Go to the “Edit” menu and select “Remove Duplicate Lines“.
• Press “Ctrl + Shift +R” again to stop recording the macro.
• Go to the “Macro” menu and select “Save” to save the macro.
• To run the macro, go to the “Macro” menu and select the macro you just created.

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