How to find lines with 3 or more spaces in Notepad++

This article describes how to find lines containing 3 or more spaces and bookmark them using Notepad++. Notepad++ Download

• Open the file in which you want to find lines with 3 or more spaces.
• Go to the Search menu.
• Select Find... or press Ctrl+F.
• In the Find field, enter the following regular expression:

\s{3,}

• Set the switch to Regular expression.
• Click the Find Next button to find the first occurrence.
• To find all occurrences, click the Find All in Current Document button.
• A panel with search results will open at the bottom of the Notepad++ window, listing all lines containing 3 or more spaces.
• Click on the results in this panel to navigate to the corresponding lines in the document.

Example of using regular expressions

• The regular expression \s{3,} means:
• \s - matches any whitespace character (space, tab, etc.).
• {3,} - means there should be at least 3 such characters in a row.

Bookmarking found lines

• Go to the Search menu and select Mark... or press Ctrl+M.
• In the Mark window, in the Find field, enter the regular expression:

\s{3,}

• (if it is not inserted automatically).
• Set the Search Mode switch to Regular expression.
• Check the Bookmark line option.
• Click the Mark All button to bookmark all lines containing 3 or more spaces.

Using this article, you can effectively search for and bookmark lines with 3 or more spaces in Notepad++.