Replace regular expression with \t in Notepad++

Question

Hi guys,

simple example in Notepad++ using RegEx replace
search for: anything
replace with (wanted): \test

1. guess for regex replace string: \test
   results in: tabest, so the \t is interpreted as a tab

2. guess for regex replace string: \\test
   results in: \ tabest, so the first \ is interpreted as a \, the \t is interpreted as a tab

3. guess for regex replace string: \ test (spacein between \ and test)
   results in: \ test (spacein between \ and test)

How can I do this to get \test as the result? Are there any group or end of command characters for the replace string? Or an empty character that I can add after the \?

Thanks, Axel

Answer 1

How about replacing with \\test? Usually \ must be escaped with \.

Answer 2

Try 3 backslashes, this kind of thing often works in other tools/languages.

Answer 3

This seems to be an open issue with notepad++.