How to add "backspace character" to regex output change in vscode?

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I have file containing around ~1400 lines. In each line there are infomation + in next line is next information which I want move "to previous" line (where is text)

I tried " for" changing into "\r |" - only that was coming to my head in that time.

For example here it's "structure" of my file:

T="topic 1"
 for xxx@xxx.com
T="topic 2"
 for yyy@yyy.com

I wanted move that to clear into that

T="topic 1" | for xxx@xxx.com
T="topic 2" | for yyy@yyy.com
visual-studio-code search regex
2 Answers

You may use

Find what:      \n( for)\b
Replace with: |$1

Details

  • \n - a line break
  • ( for) - Capturing group 1 ($1): a space and for
  • \b - word boundary.

Test result:

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user_38329700

Another option if you don't want keep for could be to match:

\n[ \t]+for[ ]

That will match:

  • \n Match a line break
  • [ \t]+ Match 1+ times a space or char (Or just a single space if that is the case)
  • for[ ] Match for followed by a space (the square brackets are for clarity only

And replace with a space, a pipe followed by a space

|

Regex demo

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