> The original question is, how do I edit my regex to match the pattern
> that  does not end with \r or \n?

Maybe this is answering the wrong question - But why can't you use a '$' to show 
the end of the line?

No?

or [^\r\n]$ .. I think I'm a bit confused as to what the problem is.

HTH :o/

Mark

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