Notepad++ regex -> newLine

Question

I use Notepad++ and I need to delete all lines starting with, say \"abc\".

Attention, I don\'t need to replace the line starting with \"abc\" with a empty line, but

Answer 1

Press Ctrl+H to bring up the Replace window. Put

^abc.*(\r?\n)?

in the Find what and leave Replace with empty. Select Reqular expression and hit Replace All.

This reqular expression handles all the edge cases:

• When the first line of the file starts with abc
• When the last line of the file starts with abc and there is no new line at the end of the file.