Notepad++ Append Line1 Text to the end of Line2, Line3 to Line4, Line5 to Line 6, and so on

Question

I have been Googling my way through manipulating a configuration file to migrate data to another operating system using Notepad++. I have been successful thus far with the plethora of examples and help online with Notepad++. However, I've hit a road block that I'm not able to overcome and require assistance. Here's my plight...

I have a config file of objects, but they are presented in the wrong order for building the command set I need to make this useable. All of the data is presented in an incorrect order. Line 1 should be appended to the end of Line 2, Line 3 should be appended to the end of Line 4, Line 5 should be appended to the end of Line 6, and so on...

static "PMDC1-2019"
set device-group plymouth_meeting address-group "DNS Servers"
static "PMDC2-2019"
set device-group plymouth_meeting address-group "DNS Servers"
static "ExtonDC-2019"
set device-group plymouth_meeting address-group "DNS Servers"
static "wellcall-lodidc"
set device-group plymouth_meeting address-group "DNS Servers"

The end result should be as follows:

set device-group plymouth_meeting address-group "DNS Servers" static "PMDC1-2019"
set device-group plymouth_meeting address-group "DNS Servers" static "PMDC2-2019"
set device-group plymouth_meeting address-group "DNS Servers" static "ExtonDC-2019"
set device-group plymouth_meeting address-group "DNS Servers" static "wellcall-lodidc"

All suggestions and assistance are welcome and appreciated! Thank you.

I've tried to piece together found extended and regex examples without luck. I tried the option and parenthesis method to capture the data and insert it, but failed with that as well. I guess my inexperience with these variables and programming logic are getting the best of me.

Answer 1

• Ctrl+H
• Find what: ^(.+)\R(.+)$
• Replace with: $2 $1
• TICK Wrap around
• SELECT Regular expression
• UNTICK . matches newline
• Replace all

Explanation:

^           # beginning of line
(.+)        # group 1, 1 or more any character
\R          # any kind of linebreak
(.+)        # group 2, 1 or more any character
$           # end of line

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