I have a text/csv file that looks like this:
I wanted to remove all the blank new lines. How can I do so?
I tried using regex with matching \n, but then this would merge all the lines into one line.
Press ctrl + shift + f
and Replace "\n\n" to "\n"
^[\s]*\n
you can use that, if you elaborate a bit more I could help you to find a more accurate regular expression
with this you should get any line with blank characters,
cheers
For sublime replace[ctrl+alt+f]
use regex \n
replace with <nothing>
I'm using Sublime 2 Text Editor which accepts RegEx search and replace. I'm attempting to find a whole line, then replace that whole line with a string found in the line itself.
This is my text that I am searching:
strEventID = CheckForNull(reader("
strEventKey = CheckForNull(reader("
strEventTitle = CheckForNull(reader("
I want to this text to become:
strEventID = CheckForNull(reader("EventID"))
strEventKey = CheckForNull(reader("EventKey"))
strEventTitle = CheckForNull(reader("EventTitle"))
I know that FIND: (^.*$) will match the whole line and I can REPLACE with $1 and add to that line manually, but I can't figure out how to add part of the string back in.
Update:
(str(\w*).*)$
replace with $1$2")) or $1$2"\)\) here in notepad++.
Make sure the ". matches newline" is unchecked
old answer:
Try:
^(str(.*\b).*)$
replace with $1$2")).
I don't have sublimeText with me right now, but this test http://regex101.com/r/hM2oX2/1 says group 1 is the whole line, and group 2 is your first match. concatenate...
In Sublime, you can use the following regular expression: \K resets the starting point of the reported match and any previously consumed characters are no longer included.
Find What: str(\w+).*\K
Replace With: $1"))
I suck at regular expressions and what to do a simple find and replace of '}' to '} /n' notepad++ can recongise what I'm after as it has the 3 options of normal find and replace, special chars and full regex. I however only ever used to option two. How can I enable special characters in my search using sublime text 2.
Cheers
Joe,
In sublime you can use find & replace. Drag the replace panel large enough and use cmd + enter to go to a new line.
Hit replace all:
And thats it your sorted chap
If you want to replace } within notepad++ with } \n you can use the following rules:
find: }
Replace with: } \n
Searchmethod: Extended (\n, \e...)
Press replace all
Sometimes, copy pasting code from my email makes everything have an extra blank line.
For example
1: hi
2:
3: hello
4:
Is there a way to target these empty lines with regex and delete them?
I'm using notepad++ with the search(with regex) and replace capability.
Because Notepad++ regex operates only line by line, without a multi-line mode, you can't remove entire lines with regex alone. This is no longer true as of Notepad++ 6.0, which now uses PCRE as its regex engine and allows for multi-line replacements. See this answer for more info.
The TextFX plugin that Notepad++ ships with allows you to remove blank lines without using regex. Just highlight your entire document (Ctrl+A) and do TextFX > TextFX Edit > Delete Blank Lines. If your selection or document begins and/or ends with a blank line though, those lines won't be removed automatically — but removing those is just a matter of:
Ctrl+Home
Del
Ctrl+End
Backspace
To remove double spacing in Notepad++ (I'm using v7.8.4) go to: Edit, Line Operations, Remove Empty Lines.
I don't have notepad++, but the regular expression "^$" (without the quotes) matches only blank lines. Perhaps notepad++ will allow you to replace matches of that regular expression with the empty string, thus removing the blank lines.
Search > Replace...
Search Mode = Extended
Find what : \r\n\r\n
Replace with : \r\n
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.
There is now a built-in way to do this as of version 6.5.2
Edit -> Line Operations -> Remove Empty Lines or Remove Empty Lines (Containing Blank characters)
You need something like a regular expression.
You have to be in Extended mode
If you want all the lines to end up on a single line use \r\n. If you want to simply remove empty lines, use \n\r as #Link originally suggested.
Replace either expression with nothing.
There is a plugin that adds a menu entitled TextFX. This menu, which houses a dizzying array of quick text editing options, gives a person the ability to make quick coding changes. In this menu, you can find selections such as Drop Quotes, Delete Blank Lines as well as Unwrap and Rewrap Text
Do the following:
TextFX > TextFX Edit > Delete Blank Lines
TextFX > TextFX Edit > Delete Surplus Blank Lines
notepad++
Ctrl-H
Select Regular Expression
Enter ^[ \t]*$\r?\n into find what, leave replace empty. This will match all lines starting with white space and ending with carriage return (in this case a windows crlf)
Click the Find Next button to see for yourself how it matches only empty lines.
Press ctrl + h (Shortcut for replace).
In the Find what zone, type ^\R ( for exact empty lines) or ^\h*\R ( for empty lines with blanks, only).
Leave the Replace with zone empty.
Check the Wrap around option.
Select the Regular expression search mode.
Click on the Replace All button.
You can follow the technique as shown in the following screenshot:
Find what: ^\r\n
Replace with: keep this empty
Search Mode: Regular expression
Wrap around: selected
NOTE: for *nix files just find by \n
This worked for me:
Press ctrl + h (Shortcut for replace)
Write one of the following regex in find what box.
[\n\r]+$ or ^[\n\r]+
Leave Replace with box blank
In Search Mode, select Regex
Click on Replace All
Done!
In notepad++ press CTRL+H , in search mode click on the "Extended (\n, \r, \t ...)" radio button then type in the "Find what" box: \r\n (short for CR LF) and leave the "Replace with" box empty..
Finally hit replace all
Well I'm not sure about the regex or your situation..
How about CTRL+A, Select the TextFX menu -> TextFX Edit -> Delete Blank Lines and viola all blank line gone.
A side note - if the line is blank i.e. does not contain spaces, this will work
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
Refer https://www.rexegg.com/regex-quickstart.html for more on regex.
You can search for the following regex: ^(?:[\t ]*(?:\r?\n|\r))+ and replace it with empty field
Ctrl+H.
find - \r\r
replace with - \r.
This obviously does not work if the blank lines contain tabs or blanks. Many web pages (e.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/) contain these white lines, as a result of a faulty HTML editor.
Remove white space using regular expression as follows:
change pattern: [\t ]+$
into nothing.
where [\t ] matches either tab or space. '+' matches one or more occurrences, and '$' marks the end of line.
Then use notepad++/textFX to remove single or extra empty lines.
Be sure that these blank lines are not significant in the given context.
Edit >> Blank Operations >> Trim Leading and Trailing Spaces (to remove black tabs and spaces in empty lines)
Ctrl + H to get replace window and replace pattern: ^\r\n with nothing (select regular expression)
Note: step 1 will remove your code intendation done via tabs and blank spaces
Sometimes \n\r etc not work, here to figure it out, what your actually regular expression should be.
Advantage of this trick: If you want to replace in multiple file at once, you must need this method. Above will not work...
CTRL+A, Select the TextFX menu -> TextFX Edit -> Delete Blank Lines as suggested above works.
But if lines contains some space, then move the cursor to that line and do a CTRL + H. The "Find what:" sec will show the blank space and in the "Replace with" section, leave it blank.
Now all the spaces are removed and now try CTRL+A, Select the TextFX menu -> TextFX Edit -> Delete Blank Lines
/n/r assumes a specific type of line break. To target any blank line you could also use:
^$
This says - any line that begins and then ends with nothing between. This is more of a catch-all. Replace with the same empty string.
I did not see the combined one as answer, so search for ^\s+$ and replace by {nothing}
^\s+$ means
^ start of line
\s+ Matches minimum one whitespace character (spaces, tabs, line breaks)
$ until end of line
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
_____________________________________
A few of the above expressions and extended expressions did not work for me, but the regular expression "$\n$" did.
An easy alternative for removing white space from empty lines:
TextFX>TextFX Edit> Trim Trailing Spaces
This will remove all trailing spaces, including trailing spaces in blank lines.
Make sure, no trailing spaces are significant.
this work for me:
SEARCH:^\r
REPLACE: (empty)