# CyberChef - How to remove empty lines

So, since I am too stupid to remove empty lines easily, I present to you my overcomplicated solution.

Search for the `Find / Replace` in the operations and replace `^(?:[\t ]*(?:\r?\n|\r))+` with nothing.

![screenshot of the cyberchef interface with the described workflow](/images/blog/cyberchef-remove-empty-lines.png)

It uses Perl's regex to find specific line breaks that indicate an empty line. Regex is still magic to me.

[Reference](https://www.ultraedit.com/support/tutorials-power-tips/ultraedit/remove-blank-lines.html)

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