RegEx in Sublime Text: Match any character, including newlines?

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Is there a way to match any character in Sublime Text, including newlines? I saw that Sublime uses Boost's syntax but that the . character won't match newlines without a specific flag set.

I think it's more correct to quote the documentation... Sublime Text uses the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) engine from the Boost library. http://sublime-text-unofficial-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/search_and_replace/search_and_replace_overview.html — JJS, Sep 10 '15 at 17:48

score 168 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '12 at 17:46

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Try adding the (?s) inline flag start the start of the pattern. That will make . match any character.

answered Aug 16 '12 at 17:46

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As an example: `` matches the `font` start tag, even if the tag spans several lines. – tsauerwein Nov 11 '12 at 22:19
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So does `` and `(?s)`. – TWiStErRob Oct 12 '13 at 11:56

RegEx in Sublime Text: Match any character, including newlines?

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