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Asked: 2026-06-14T09:59:10+00:00

I have a list of lines like this: a+ b+ c+ d+ e+ f+

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I have a list of lines like this:

a+
b+
c+
d+
e+
f+
... you get the idea...

I want to end up with a+b+c+d+e etc

I was trying with emacs but couldn’t work out how to do such a thing. anyone any ideas?

One thing that does work is
c-m-% [paste in selected after + on one line to beginning of next row] [nothing]

There must be something to insert for carriage return?

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  1. Editorial Team

    How about simply replacing EOLs by nothing?

    M-%C-q C-jRETRET

    Explanation:

    • M-% : query-replace
    • C-q : quote the following character
    • C-j : end-of-line character
    • first RET : validate the search string
    • second RET : validate the (empty) replacement string
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