Removing empty lines in Notepad++

Question

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 r

Answer 1

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