remove the crlf at the end of lines that end with a specific character

[Tom Moulder]

i have a text file with data spread across too many lines. at the end of the line – preceding the crlf – is always a “)” character. is there a way to create a replace command that will leave the “)” in place and replace the crlf with a blank space?

[PeterJones]

Find what : \)\R = find literal parenthesis followed by newline sequence
Replace with : \)\x20 = replace with literal parenthesis followed by a space (character 0x20)
Search Mode : ☑ Regular Expression

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P.S. :
(paraphrasing @guy038, the forum’s regex guru, who compiled these great regex resources, but hasn’t shared them in this thread yet):

Here is a good starting point for NPP users unfamiliar with regular expression concepts and syntax:

• http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/Regular_Expressions

Modern Notepad++ (since v6.0) uses the Boost C++ Regex library, v1.55.0 (similar to the Perl Regular Common Expressions (PRCE), v5.8):

• search syntax: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/syntax/perl_syntax.html
• replace syntax: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/format/boost_format_syntax.html

Other sites with valuable regular expression information include:

• http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
• http://www.regular-expressions.info
• http://www.rexegg.com