Normalize Line Breaks in Text
Standardize inconsistent line endings and clean up messy text. Remove duplicate empty lines and ensure your text uses a consistent newline character for better compatibility.
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Quick Examples
Clean Up Messy List
Remove multiple empty lines and standardize inconsistent line break characters.
Standardize for Linux
Convert all line endings to LF (\n) and trim whitespace.
Collapse Paragraphs
Reduce multiple line breaks between paragraphs to a single break.
What is Line Break Normalization?
Line break normalization is the process of standardizing inconsistent newline characters across a document. Different operating systems use different characters to represent the end of a line: Windows uses \r\n (CRLF), while Linux and modern macOS use \n (LF). When text is compiled from multiple sources, it often contains a mix of these characters, leading to formatting issues.
Powerful Cleanup Features
- Standardize Endings: Convert all line breaks to either LF or CRLF with one click.
- Remove Duplicates: Automatically detect and collapse multiple consecutive empty lines into a single break.
- Trim Whitespace: Remove leading and trailing spaces from every individual line for a perfectly aligned document.
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Common Use Cases
- Developer Tools: Clean up code snippets copied from different IDEs or operating systems.
- Content Creation: Standardize text for blog posts or documentation where consistent formatting is critical.
- Data Analysis: Prepare messy text files for parsing by removing extra lines and standardizing formats.
- Email Formatting: Fix weird spacing and line breaks in emails that have been forwarded multiple times.