Sublime Text 2: How to delete blank/empty lines

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Solution

Select the text

Press:

- Ctrl + H on PC, or

- command + option + F on Mac or

- Click Find->Replace.

Make sure you have selected 'regular expression' by pressing:

- Alt + R on PC or

- command + option + R on Mac or

- Click .* in the Find box.

Find what: `^\n` or `^(\r|\n\r?)`

Replace With: (nothing, leave in blank).

Problem

Let's say I had a text file with the following nine lines: ``` foo bar baz qux quux ``` How can I use Sublime Text 2 to remove all four of the blank/empty lines, leaving only five lines?

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