<![CDATA[How to search/replace newlines]]>I’m trying to replace multiple newlines in a file with a single newline, but having no luck.
I tried searching for \n\n (with various options checked and unchecked), but fail to find any. I can find SINGLE newlines, but not two in a row, at least with this syntax.
Could not find any help in the app.
Any suggestions?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/11158/how-to-search-replace-newlinesRSS for NodeMon, 17 Aug 2026 10:42:51 GMTThu, 21 Jan 2016 22:24:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How to search/replace newlines on Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:24:14 GMT]]>Well, really, that last sentence was all I needed. :)
Tnx!
Guess it’s time I spent some time roaming around Notepad++ menus instead of thinking I’m using my grandad’s Notepad. :)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13510https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13510Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:24:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to search/replace newlines on Thu, 21 Jan 2016 23:22:33 GMT]]>Not really
^ marks the beginnig of a line
and $ the end.
^$ means you are looking for lines which basically have nothing then EOL chars.
Therefore replacing wouldn’t hurt other lines.

Cheers
Claudia

Btw. One thing i always forget Edit->Line operation->remove empty lines

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13507https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13507Thu, 21 Jan 2016 23:22:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to search/replace newlines on Thu, 21 Jan 2016 23:16:44 GMT]]>Didn’t think about that. Notepad++ is so much more than Notepad :)
It shows CR LF at thened of each line, CR LF in the blank lines.
Is that equivalent to ^$?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13506https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13506Thu, 21 Jan 2016 23:16:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to search/replace newlines on Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:55:02 GMT]]>Assuming the empty line is really empty I would use regular expression and

find what   : ^$
replace with:

If you press the show all characters, is the line really empty?

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13504https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13504Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:55:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to search/replace newlines on Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:51:20 GMT]]>I find \r\n, and thanks for that. But my replacement attempts go astray.
What I’m trying to do is make something like this

line 1

line 2

line 3

into this:

line 1
line 2
line 3

I can get of newlines in a selection by replacing \r\n with a space. But I need to eliminate empty lines.

More ideas?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13503https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13503Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:51:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to search/replace newlines on Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:27:27 GMT]]>Hello Chuck-Puckett,

keep in mind that windows uses \r\n as eol.
Where as unix uses \n and mac \r.

Maybe \r\n does the trick.

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13500https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/13500Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:27:27 GMT