How do you get Notepad++ to show separate lines when /r/n is in the text?

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I've pasted some XML into Notepad++. The pasted text contains \r\n wherever a newline is supposed to occur. However, Notepad++ is just showing the entire file on a single line. It is as if it is ignoring the \r\n

So the text look like this:

Some stuff on one line\r\n     Some stuff that should be on another line\r\n

Instead of:

Some stuff on one line
Some stuff that should be on another line

See this http://superuser.com/questions/274509/how-to-display-r-n-as-new-line-in-notepad to summarize: Replace regexp \\r\\n with \n. — Jeff Anderson, Aug 14 '14 at 16:19

score 18 · Answer 1 · edited May 22 '21 at 09:51

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Press Ctrl+H and the Replace dialog will open.

Type \\r\\n in "Find what"
Type \r\n in "Replace with".
select search mode Extended (\r, \n, \t, \x..., \0)
click "Replace All"

edited May 22 '21 at 09:51

Jesper Risager

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answered Jul 09 '19 at 01:32

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That will achieve nothing. Did you mean a find what of `\\r\\n`? – AdrianHHH Jul 09 '19 at 07:25
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I do not understand why you said it will achieve nothing. It worked for me on version 7.9.5. +1 to the poster – Cliff Pennalligen Dec 26 '21 at 09:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18

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Try setting the search mode in Notepad++ to Extended. Then, find and replace all the /r/n with an actual line break(\n). See: This post for more information about this similar case. From what I found, you can get away with simply \n.

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Community

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answered Aug 14 '14 at 16:18

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 28 '20 at 15:52

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Press Ctrl+H and the Replace dialog will open, then follow the steps:

type \r\n in "Find what".
type \\\r\\\n in "Replace with"
select search mode to Extended (\r, \n, \t, \x, ..., \0)
click Replace button It works for me to display \r\n.

edited Sep 28 '20 at 15:52

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answered Sep 24 '20 at 09:17

yuc

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Please, use a list to make your answer more clear and display picture (use `!` before `[...] bracket`. – maciejwww Sep 24 '20 at 09:50
fail to display the picture as i do not have 10 reputation, system said that You need at least 10 reputation to post images. – yuc Sep 25 '20 at 10:09

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 29 '22 at 10:43

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Press Ctrl+H and the Replace dialog will open, then follow the steps:

type \r\n in "Find what"
type \\r\\n in "Replace with"
select search mode to "Extended (\r, \n, \t, \x, ..., \0)"
click "Replace" button

It works for me to display \r\n.

edited Aug 29 '22 at 10:43

ZygD

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answered Aug 24 '22 at 04:43

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How do you get Notepad++ to show separate lines when /r/n is in the text?

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