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# To Specify Newline Characters

The following tables show how to specify newline characters.

## Find Dialog box, Replace dialog box - Find, Replace with

Use Regular Expressions is on | \n or \r\n (same meaning)
Use Regular Expressions is off (Use Escape Sequence) | \n or \r\n (same meaning)

## Find in Files dialog box, Replace in Files dialog box - Find

Use Regular Expressions is on | \r\n, \r, or \n (depends on actual newline character)
Use Regular Expressions is off (Use Escape Sequence) | \n or \r\n (same meaning)

## Replace in Files dialog box - Replace with

| Keep Modified Files Open is on | Keep Modified Files Open is off
Use Regular Expressions is on | \r\n, \r, or \n (depends on actual newline character) | \r\n, \r, or \n (depends on actual newline character)
Use Regular Expressions is off (Use Escape Sequence) | \n or \r\n (same meaning) | \r\n, \r, or \n (depends on actual newline character)

## Tips

- In case of "\n or \r\n (same meaning)", you cannot search newline characters by distinguishing CR+LF, CR only, and LF only.

- In case of "\r\n, \r, or \n (depends on actual newline character)", you need to specify "\r\n" if the actual newline character is CR+LF, "\r" if CR only, or "\n" if LF only. Usually CR+LF (\r\n) is used on Windows Operating Systems, CR (\r) is used on Macintosh, and LF (\n) is used on Unix.