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For some reason, when I open files from a unix server on my windows machine, they occasionally have Macintosh EOL conversion, and when I edit/save them again they don't work properly on the unix server. I only use notepad ++ to edit files from this unix server, so is there a way to create a macro that automatically converts EOL to Unix format whenever I open a file?

possible duplicate of Change EOL on multiple files in one go – Navid EMAD Jul 23 '15 at 15:50 — Navid EMAD, Jul 23 '15 at 15:50
Your issue may be with whatever FTP program you are using. For example, I use WinSCP to remote into a Unix server, Notepad++ is set as my default editor, but I had to go into WinSCP's settings and set the transfer mode to Binary in order to keep line endings preserved. So, you may be able to reconfigure your FTP/SCP/etc program to transfer the files in a different manner. – Slicktrick Feb 22 '17 at 22:11 — Slicktrick, Feb 22 '17 at 22:11

Iwan Plays · Answer 1 · 2018-08-17 06:43:59Z

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That functionality is already built into Notepad++. From the "Edit" menu, select "EOL Conversion" -> "UNIX/OSX Format".

screenshot of the option for even quicker finding (or different language versions)

You can also set the default EOL in notepad++ via "Settings" -> "Preferences" -> "New Document/Default Directory" then select "Unix/OSX" under the Format box.

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I know about the conversion in the edit menu, and the settings you mentioned are only for new documents. I want to automatically make the conversion for every file I open (or every file I save) – Jeff May 1 '13 at 16:04
The problem is when I open an existing Unix file, the "EOL Conversion" --> UNIX/OSX Format is greyed out. Notepad++ is to frustrating to use with UNIX files, so I use Notetab Lite which allows me to save All files as UNIX, not just new ones. – Off The Gold Dec 29 '16 at 16:37
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@OffTheGold The UNIX EOL option is greyed out because it is the current selection. – blakeoft Jun 6 '17 at 15:47
RIght on. Thank you from November 2017 via Google. – SDsolar Nov 8 '17 at 21:49
This is no working for me. I keep selecting "EOL Conversion -> Unix", but it does nothing. I go back into the menu and see that Windows is the greyed out (therefore selected?) option, so I click Unix again. I even tried to select-all my text first in case it only works on selection, then selected Unix again. Still it does nothing. – Loduwijk Oct 18 '19 at 17:46

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In Notepad++, use replace all with regular expression. This has advantage over conversion command in menu that you can operate on entire folder w/o having to open each file or drag n drop (on several hundred files it will noticeably become slower) plus you can also set filename wildcard filter.

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This will match every possible line ending pattern (single , or ) back to . (Or if you are converting to windows-style)

To operate on multiple files, either:

Use "Replace All in all opened document" in "Replace" tab. You will have to drag and drop all files into Notepad++ first. It's good that you will have control over which file to operate on but can be slow if there several hundreds or thousands files.
"Replace in files" in "Find in files" tab, by file filter of you choice, e.g., *.cpp *.cs under one specified directory.

EOL conversion in notepad ++

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