Find blank lines, delete same -- but only next instance.

tcebob · Post by **tcebob** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:42 pm

This deletes all blank lines
find ^[-\t]*\n (- = blank)
repl with (nothing)

How to delete only the next group of blank lines (one ore more) -- Without highlighting first?

tcebob

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:20 pm

Next after what?

Do you want to replace a sequence of two or more blank lines by a single empty line? This will do that:

Find what: ^[ \t]*\n[ \t]*\n
Replace with: \n

[X] Regular expression

Replace All repeatedly until they're all done.

tcebob · Post by **tcebob** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:14 pm

Doesn't seem to work. Invalid regular expression. Copied right from the page.

tcebob

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:40 pm

It works here. Please try again.