regex add symbol in first and second line

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please help..

I have 300k data, that need manage use regex add some symbol. what symbol I need to add is |

First Line Text |
Second Line Text |

the problem now. my data first line and second line is random, no any patern for regex rule. is that possible to do? thanks

You'd better use a scriptable editor, but the following regex should work fine in notepad++ assuming your pointer is somewhere on the first line : match `([^\r\n]*)(\R)([^\r\n]*)`, replace by `\1|\2\3|` — Aaron, Feb 05 '20 at 13:38

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '20 at 13:47

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Find what: \A.+\K(\R.*$)
Replace with: |$1|
CHECK Wrap around
CHECK Regular expression
UNCHECK . matches newline
Replace all

Explanation:

\A          # beginning of file
.+          # 1 or more any character but newline
\K          # forget all we have seen until this position
(           # group 1
    \R      # any kind of linebreak (i.e. \r, \n, \r\n)
    .*      # 0 or more any character but newline
    $       # end of line
)           # end group 1

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