Replace all newline not followed by specific

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I can easily find '\n' in notepad++, but my problem here is that I have to find '\n' when not followed by a specific character ("#" in this case). So do I use Regex with '\n'? Is it possible?

Example :

Stuff to ignore
#Like that

Stuff
To change

What version of notepad you have? Check this useful topic: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/133965/find-crlf-in-notepad — Adam Lukaszczyk, Sep 26 '12 at 10:08

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '12 at 10:00

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Try lookahead assersion:

\n(?!#)

answered Sep 26 '12 at 10:00

xdazz

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This will work only in v6.x of Notepad++. earlier versions can't do it. – Adam Lukaszczyk Sep 26 '12 at 10:11
I had to do a positive look ahead for mine. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43402043/escaping-asterisk-grabs-wrong-character#43402043 – Jon49 Apr 13 '17 at 22:19

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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You can find some specifics in this question, but first make sure your line-endings are purely \n.

Mac OS line-endings are \r (OSX is \n), Windows/DOS are \r\n,and UNIX-style are \n, mostly.

The regex you are looking for is probably .*\n[^#].*, specifying [^...] (not set)

But you could try using the EOL regex character, $, instead:
.*$[^#].*

Or, as xdazz said, just try \n(?!#)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Sep 26 '12 at 10:13

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Replace all newline not followed by specific

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