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173.Advanced search and replace -- How to eliminate consecutive return and spaces?

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Description:
How to eliminate consecutive return and spaces?
Answer:
Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps.
1. First of all, ctrl-o open the file
2. eliminate consecutive return

ctrl-h open 'Replace' dialog.
in 'Replace' page:
* set 'Search for pattern' to 
(note: \n+ means multi line break)
* set 'Replace with pattern' to 


click 'Replace', done

3. eliminate consecutive space

ctrl-h open 'Replace' dialog.

in 'Replace' page:
* set 'Search for pattern' to

(note: there is one space before +)
* set 'Replace with pattern' to one space

click 'Replace', done

4. Make batch scripts
After your operation in step 2,3 you can get the final result.
If you want to reuse for future or others, take notice that there are 2 records generated, simply select these 2 records and select menu "Log->save to script" to save the 2 operation to a script.

5. To re-use scripts just select menu "Replace->Replace by script" and select the saved script to run.
Download Script:  scripts/173.rst.zip

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