Reputation: 12003

Replace \n with actual new line in Sublime Text

How can I replace \n in Sublime Text with real in-editor displayed new line so:

foo\nbar

becomes:

foo
bar

in the editor when I view the file in it.

Upvotes: 573

Answers (13)

HIZIR

Reputation: 17

ctrl+h

sample : type: </> replace: \n

down below , find button - change to ALT+R you see changed eFFect in color , better to use sample

nice feature

Upvotes: 1

Peternak Kode Channel

Reputation: 586

The easiest way, you can copy the newline (copy empty 2 line in text editor) then paste on replace with.

Upvotes: 8

Venkat Chowdary

Reputation: 47

On MAC:

Step 1: Alt + Cmd + F . At the bottom, a window appears
Step 2: Enable Regular Expression. Left side on the window, looks like .*
Step 3: Enter text to you want to find in the Find input field
Step 4: Enter replace text in the Replace input field
Step 5: Click on Replace All - Right bottom.

Upvotes: 2

jnt

Reputation: 1290

For Windows line endings:

(Turn on regex - Alt+R)

Find: \\r\\n

Replace: \r\n

Upvotes: 9

Joris Weimar

Reputation: 4921

On Mac, Shift+CMD+F for search and replace. Search for \n and replace with Shift+Enter.

Upvotes: 7

Hassan Mudassir

Reputation: 231

Open Find and Replace Option ( Ctrl + Alt + F in Mac )
Type \n in find input box
Click on Find All button, This will select all the \n in the text with the cursor
Now press Enter, this will replace \n with the New Line

Upvotes: 14

pid

Reputation: 11597

None of the above worked for me in Sublime Text 2 on Windows.

I did this:

click on an empty line;
drag to the following empty line (selecting the invisible character after the line);
press Ctrl+H for replace;
input desired replacement character/string or leave it empty;
click "Replace all";

By selecting before hitting Ctrl+H it uses that as the character to be replaced.

Upvotes: 6

allisondev

Reputation: 211

In Sublime Text (with shortcuts on Mac):

Highlight the text that you want to search to apply Find & Replace
Go to Menu > Find > Replace... (Keyboard Shortcut: Alt + Command + F)
In the Find & Replace tool, enable Regular Expression by clicking on the button which looks like [.*] (Keyboard Shortcut: Alt + Command + R)
In Find What, type: \\n

Note: The additional \ escapes the Regular Expression syntax when searched.
In Replace With, type: \n
Click on the 'Replace All' button (Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + Enter)

Your literal text \n will then turn into an actual line break.

Upvotes: 21

nhnminh

Reputation: 411

On Windows, Sublime text,

You press Ctrl + H to replace \n by a new line created by Ctrl + Enter.

Replace : \n

By : (press Ctrl + Enter)

Upvotes: 29

chrisg86

Reputation: 11857

Turn on Regex Search and Replace (icon most to the left in search and replace bar or shortcut Alt + R)

Find What: \\n
Replace with: \n

Upvotes: 997

Feng Liu

Reputation: 1012

What I did is simple and straightforward.

Enter Space or \n or whatever you want to find to Find.

Then hit Find All at right bottom corner, this will select all results.

Then hit enter on your keyboard and it will break all selected into new lines.

Upvotes: 12

Sash

Reputation: 4598

Use Find > Replace, or (Ctrl+H), to open the Find What/Replace With Window, and use Ctrl+Enter to indicate a new line in the Replace With inputbox.

Upvotes: 362

Ciprian Tomoiagă

Reputation: 3990

Fool proof method (no RegEx and Ctrl+Enter didn't work for me as it was just jumping to next Find):

First, select an occurrence of \n and hit Ctrl+H (brings up the Replace... dialogue, also accessible through Find -> Replace... menu). This populates the Find what field.

Go to the end of any line of your file (press End if your keyboard has it) and select the end of line by holding down Shift and pressing → (right arrow) EXACTLY once. Then copy-paste this into the Replace with field.

(the animation is for finding true new lines; works the same for replacing them)

Upvotes: 68

Replace \n with actual new line in Sublime Text

Answers (13)

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