Regex: Add hyphen dash at the beginning of the line, where it does not exist hyphen dash

good-afternoon. I want to add hyphen (dash) at the beginning of the line, where doesn't exist hyphen dash. For example I have this text:

I love books.
I want some money.
I need help.
- I want to ask you something.
- I want to love you.
I need hits.
- I get done with this.

The Output should be:

- I love books.
- I want some money.
- I need help.
- I want to ask you something.
- I want to love you.
- I need hits.
- I get done with this.

1 Answer

Add a hyphen dash at the beginning of the line, where doesn't exist hyphen dash.

FIND: ^(?!-)

REPLACE BY: -\x20

FIND: ^(?!-)(?:\r?|\r)

REPLACE BY: -\x20

If you want to add a hyphen (dash) only where there are blank lines:

FIND: ^(?!-)\s*\r

REPLACE BY: -\x20

FIND: ^(?!-)(?!\w+)

REPLACE BY: -\x20