How do I replace a newline in Atom?

Question

In Atom, If I activate regex mode on the search-and-replace tool, it can find newlines as \\n, but when I try to replace them, they\'re still there.

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Answer 1

The purists will probably not like my solution, but you can also transform the find and replace inputs into a multiline text box by copying content with several line breaks and pasting it into the find/replace inputs. It will work with or without using regex.

For example, you can copy this 3 lines and paste them into both find and replace inputs:

line 1
line 2
line 3

Now that your inputs have the number of lines that you need, you can modify them as you want (and add regex if necessary).