find and replace end of line with "\n" verbatim
notepad++, replace, textpad
Solution
In the notepad++ search & replace dialog (Ctrl-H), go into "Extended" mode.
From there, replacing `\r\n` with `\\n` should do it - if I understand your question correctly.
For instance, I typed in...
something
something else
blah
... and then did the above with "Replace All", which left me with:
something\nsomething else\nblah
Problem
I am hoping to use some text editor to find all the "end of lines" in a document and replace them with just the written sequence "\n" (for ease of conversion into another file type). I've been trying with both Notepad++ and textpad with little luck. When using regular expression mode on Notepad++ for example, I will type in [Find: \n] in the find field (which it will find successfully) and [Replace: \Q\n\E] in the replace field (the \Q and \E being verbatim search modifiers as far as I can tell), with no encouraging effects. Is there an easy way do accomplish this replacement?