Visual Studio Code - delete all blank lines - regex

Question

I spent some time trying to figure out how to delete all blank lines in Visual Studio Code and I can\'t get it working. Anybody knows how to do it please?

If I search fo

Answer 1

What also works is this regex pattern:

^\s*$\n

Then CTRL+Enter to replace all lines.

Explanation of the above pattern:

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|  ^ | beginning of string anchor             |
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| \s | any whitespace character               |
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| '*'| zero or more repetitions               |
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|  $ | end of string anchor                   |
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| \n | new line                               |
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