Is there a way to do a multi-line find using the find-in-files feature? I have tried a number of find expressions and nothing works. Some examples of find text are:
some text\n more text
some text[^m]+
some text\n *more
All of these work within a single file, but not in the find-in-files dialog.
8.1.2: Find in files: regex multiline never matches
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8.1.2: Find in files: regex multiline never matches
Last edited by melvers on Tue May 21, 2019 2:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I can confirm this behavior with 8.1.2. Doesn't even work with \R - apparently one is unable to use regular expressions over multiple lines (which is either a thing that got forgotten, or intended without the help being accurate).
@melvers: can you please change the subject to a more precise one, i.e. "8.1.2: Find in files: regex multiline never matches"? Also posted this in the Regular Expressions forum.
@melvers: can you please change the subject to a more precise one, i.e. "8.1.2: Find in files: regex multiline never matches"? Also posted this in the Regular Expressions forum.