| User: editor -- 2008-05-30 << 165 167 >> |
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| Type: Advanced search and replace |
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| Description: |
| How to join groups of lines together in a text file according to user defined rule? |
| Input Sample: |
| [item1] line1 line2 line3 [item2] line21 line22 [item3] line31 line32 line33 |
| Output Sample: |
| [item1] line1 line2 line3 [item2] line21 line22 [item3] line31 line32 line33 |
| Answer: |
| Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps. |
| It's easy to use replace pioneer, just need to remove the line break which is not followed by a '['. 1. ctrl-o open source file. 2. ctrl-h open 'Replace' dialog, in 'Replace' window, * fill in 'Search for Pattern': Note: \n+ means any of consecutive line breaks * fill one space character in 'Replace with Pattern': * fill the window under 'If': Note: means the matched \n+ not followed by a '[' 3. click 'Replace', finish. Above operation means if a line is not followed by a '[' in next line, replace the line break with one space character. |
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| user defined line breaks groups not followed consecutive onsecutive line break break together cut replace pioneer remove space remove consecutive space remove line breaks replace pioneer replace pioneer line break lines under remove breaks remove line breaks replace pioneer text rule |