Removing empty lines in Notepad++

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How can I replace empty lines in Notepad++? I tried a find and replace with the empty lines in the find, and nothing in the replace, but it did not work; it probably needs regex.

notepad++ regex
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You can follow the technique as shown in the following screenshot:

  • Find what: ^\r\n
  • Replace with: keep this empty
  • Search Mode: Regular expression
  • Wrap around: selected

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NOTE: for *nix files just find by \n

user_15948230

1) Ctrl + H ( Or Search Replace..) to open Replace window.

2) Select 'Search Mode' 'Regular expression'

3) In 'Find What' type ^(\s*)(.*)(\s*)$ & in 'Replace With' type \2

  • ^ - Matches start of line character
  • (\s*) - Matches empty space characters
  • (.*) - Matches any characters
  • (\s*) - Matches empty spaces characters
  • $ - Matches end of line character
  • \2 - Denotes the matching contend of the 2nd bracket

enter image description here Refer https://www.rexegg.com/regex-quickstart.html for more on regex.

user_23058770

This pattern is tested in Notepad++ v8.1.1

It replaces all spaces/tabs/blank lines before and after each row of text.

It shouldn't mess with anything in the middle of the text.

Find: ^(\s|\t)+|(\s|\t)+$

Replace: leave this blank


Before:
_____________________________________
\tWORD\r\n
\r\n
\tWORD\s\tWORD\s\t\r\n
\r\n
\r\n
WORD\s\s\tWORD\t\sWORD\s\r\n 
\t\r\n
\s\s\s\r\n
WORD\s\sWORD\s\s\t\r\n

____________________________________


After:
_____________________________________
WORD\r\n
WORD\s\tWORD\r\n
WORD\s\s\tWORD\t\sWORD\r\n
WORD\s\sWORD
_____________________________________
user_105727860

this work for me: 

SEARCH:^\r  
REPLACE:            (empty)
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