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in thread Search and replace over line break

XML is not a regular language (please note that "regular" has a specific meaning with regard to a language; look it up if you do not know what this means). Therefore, you cannot generally parse it with a regular expression.

Take an XML library that fits your need. Here are some descriptions of such.

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