How to remove carriage returns in a text editor?
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This is easy to do in Ubuntu's default text editor gedit a.k.a. Text Editor.
Open Find and Replace menu by using the default Ctrl+H key shortcut or by using the context menu in the top right of gedit.
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If you are editing a file with UNIX-style line endings, do a find & replace like so:
Find: \n
Replace with: space
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If you are editing a file with Windows-style line-endings, do a find & replace like so:
Find: \r\n
Replace with: space
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Hideki Nishimura
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Hideki Nishimura over 1 year
How can I go about remove carriage returns from a file in a text editor?
For example, if I start with this:
Hello world this is an example
I'd like to end up with:
Hello world this is an example
How do I do this in Text Editor and Notepadqq in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
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You'reAGitForNotUsingGit over 6 years@EliahKagan even if it doesn't work in Notepadqq, OP could still copy/paste into gedit... shrug
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Eliah Kagan over 6 yearsI believe the OP may have been interested in how to do it in multiple editors, based on the original wording in the question--that's why I was asking. (In some desktop environments, gedit appears in menus as "Text Editor.") This answer is definitely valuable. I've added a heading so people know this is gedit. @HidekiNishimura I've edited your question to make it say what I think you had intended. But if that is not correct, please feel free to roll back my edit or otherwise edit again.