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?

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Answer 1

Visual Studio Code 1.13.0 Linux Lite:

• Hit CTRL+H
• Select "Use Regular Expression"
• Find box: ^(\s)*$\n (enter many ending \n as you need)
• Replace box: empty
• Click replace all

Empty lines gone!

Answer 2

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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Answer 3

Try using ^\s*\n in the Replace dialog of VS Code -

Answer 4

Code Maid Extension is all you need. You can use shortcut Ctrl M + Space bar to Cleanup your file, It will remove empty lines and format your code. You also can configure about format and cleanup rule. Hope this useful.

Answer 5

I found the following works best for me in Visual Studio:

Replace: ^\n$ With: <no value here>

This will find all empty lines and clear them out.

Answer 6

Replace: ^\n$ With: "blank space"