How to format list items using notepad++

Question

I have a loooong list of list items that I have to format. Is there a way to do a replace all and format this:

    <li>
    aragonese</li>

    <li>
    sidamo</li>

    <li>
    altaic_languages</li>

    <li>
    luo</li>

    <li>
    papuan_languages</li>

    <li>
    khotanese</li>

    <li>
    kinyarwanda</li>

    <li>
    elamite</li>

To this?

<li>German</li>
<li>sidamo</li>
<li>altaic_languages</li>

Answer 1

• Ctrl+H
• Find what: li>\R\h*
• Replace with: li>
• CHECK Wrap around
• CHECK Regular expression
• Replace all

Explanation:

li>         # literally
\R          # any kind of linebreak (i.e. \r, \n, \r\n)
\h*         # 0 or more horizontal spaces

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