GREP to find and change after a number in InDesign

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Is there a grep to find and change after a number input a force line break?

I have some like this

"1651651 John Doe"

The number is variable , and the name too.

I want to do that

"1651651

John Doe"
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Yuri Khristich On

With GREP you can find a some variable. Say, a 'custom text variable' ~u. But it will be any 'custom text variable'. GREP tool can't tell if the variable contains the number of the name.

Or, if you sure that the first variable is a number and second one is a name always, you can use something like this:

Find what: (~u) (~u)

Replace to: ($1)\n\n($2)

Probably the task can be accomplished with a script. It depends on what exactly you have and what you want to get.