title: Notepad++ : Replace all the words starting with *
body: <p>I want to replace all the words starting with * </p>
  
  <p>for eg:-</p>
  
  <pre><code>*finish :- finish (* removed)
  a*finish :- a*finish (not removed)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What regular expression would work in notepad++ ?</p>
  
  <p>I tried <code>^*</code> but it says invalid regular expression. </p>
  
  <p>similarly for <code>^[\\*]</code> doesn't work as well.</p>
  
  <p>For normar characters it is working.</p>