EmEditor How to: To Specify New Lines

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To Specify New Lines

The following tables show how to specify new lines.

Find Dialog box, Replace dialog box - Find, Replace with

Use Regular Expressions is on	\n or \r\n (same meaning)
Use Regular Expressions is off (Use Escape Sequence)	\n or \r\n (same meaning)

Find in Files dialog box, Replace in Files dialog box - Find

Use Regular Expressions is on	\r\n, \r, or \n (depends on actual new line method)
Use Regular Expressions is off (Use Escape Sequence)	\n or \r\n (same meaning)

Replace in Files dialog box - Replace with

	Keep Modified Files Open is on	Keep Modified Files Open is off
Use Regular Expressions is on	\r\n, \r, or \n (depends on actual new line method)	\r\n, \r, or \n (depends on actual new line method)
Use Regular Expressions is off (Use Escape Sequence)	\n or \r\n (same meaning)	\r\n, \r, or \n (depends on actual new line method)

Tips

In case of "\n or \r\n (same meaning)", you cannot search new lines by distinguishing CR+LF, CR only, and LF only.
In case of "\r\n, \r, or \n (depends on actual new line method)", you need to specify "\r\n" if the actual new line is CR+LF, "\r" if CR only, or "\n" if LF only. Usually CR+LF (\r\n) is used on Windows Operating Systems, CR (\r) is used on Macintosh, and LF (\n) is used on Unix.

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