Ctrl-J (join lines) replaces LF with space

[DougK.AZ]

I have a private key in pem format that is split into multiple lines by line feeds. I wanted to concatenate those lines into a single line.

Pasted the key text into a new tab, selected the lines and issued a Ctrl-J. This resulted in a single line, but each LF was replaced by a space.

This is in v8.9.6.4 (64-bit) on Win 11.

[guy038]

Hello, @dougk.az and All,

I suppose that using this simple regex replacement, below, should work !

• Open your text in N++

• Move back at the very beginning of your file

• Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

• Uncheck all box options

• FIND \r\n?

• REPLACE Leave EMPTY

• Check the Wrap around option

• Select the Regular expression search mode

• Click, once, on the Replace All button

Here you are !

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To verify that all your lines are just concatenated, without any char in between, simply use the ¶ icon of the Toolbar. All the LF characters are preserved !

Best Regards,

guy038

[DougK.AZ]

Thanks guy for the hint. There are no CR’s in this file, only LF’s, so an “extended” search on \n replacing with nothing did the trick!

[guy038]

Hi; @dougk.az and All,

First of all, I need to apologize :

Firstly, my search regex was erroneous. My bad ! I should have written :

FIND \r?\n

REPLACE Leave EMPTY

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Secondly, in the last sentence of my previous post, I did a typo because I wanted to mean :

To verify that all your lines are just concatenated, without any char in between, simply use the ¶ icon of the Toolbar. All the FF characters are preserved !

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Note that the regex syntax \r?\n search, either, for :

• The two consecutive chars \r and \n

• The character \n only

So, this new formulation, in regex mode, should work either !

BR

guy038