How to make regex match across multiple lines in Notepad++

notepadregex

I have a javascript file with millions of lines. The problem is that IE doesn't support , (comma) followed by } (curly close bracket).

In Notepad++ I'm able to find all the commas which are being followed by a curly close bracket, by using this regular expression: \,.*\}.

But when the comma and the curly close bracket are not in the same line, the regex doesn't match it:

somestring,

    }

Best Answer

All you need to do is check . matches newline in Notepad++ Search/Replace Search Mode:

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This will make the dot . in your regex match newline, so .* will match any number of newlines.

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