How to replace string in Eclipse with newline in replacement

Question

Of course this question can be googled - however most of the hits are very old and don't seem to apply in Eclipse Mars.

I simply want to replace a line with a multiline replacement. There must be some way to do this, but I can't seem to find anything that works.

replace

import a.b.c.d;

with

import e.f.g.h;
import i.j.k.l;

Answer 1

First you need check "Regular expressions" Then simply add \R between line. For example Ctrl+F, select "Regular expressions" "Find" box you put : import a.b.c.d; "Replace with" box you put : import e.f.g.h;\Rimport i.j.k.l; Then it will been replaced and separate line as you want.