Find end of the line in a regular expression using Notepad++

Question

I am working with Notepad++ and I would like to find the new line (after the hyphen, optional space and some characters in the end line).

I have came up with something like this:

• -[ ]?.*\n

I have also tried:

• -[ ]?.*(\n)
• -[ ]?.*(\r\n)
• -[ ]?.*[\r\n]
• -[ ]?.*[\n]

None of these worked. I am working on Windows if it matters.

Answer 1

If you do not actually need to match the line break, you can simply use $ which is the anchor for end of a line.

Answer 2

\R (capital R) will grab any end of line characters in Notepad++.

I usually do something like this:

-.+\R will grab everything from the hyphen through to the end of line as well as any return characters.

$ for end of line and ^ for start of line are your friends too.

http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/Regular_Expressions