Any idea on how to delete all the spaces and tabs at the end of all my lines in my code using vim? I sometimes use commands to add things at the end of my lines, but sometimes, because of these unexpected blanks (that is, I put these blanks there inadvertently while coding), which serve no purpose whatsoever, these commands don't do the right job... so i'd like to get rid of the blanks once and for all using some vim command. Thanks in advance!
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A:
In vim:
:%s/\s\+$//
Explanation:
:command%apply to entire filessearch and replace/\s\+$/regex for one or more whitespace characters followed by the end of a line//replacement value of an empty string
Amber
2010-08-13 07:23:55
`\s\+$` is the regular expression, and an empty string is the replacement. `/` is simply a separator. You can use e.g. `_` in its place.
strager
2010-08-13 07:29:51
Thanks... I'm familiar with the syntax, didn't know for the whitespace characters though! Anyway, it works :) I'll accept your answer as soon as I can.
Nigu
2010-08-13 07:33:04
@strager: I'm aware of that; but it's much easier to represent an empty string when you have delimiters around it. The fact that two `/` characters are included in both the regex portion and the replacement value should probably be a clue that they're not especially a part of either. ;)
Amber
2010-08-13 16:16:47
Okay; I guess people can use my comment if they're confused on that point. ;P
strager
2010-08-13 16:34:10
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A:
I use this function :
func! DeleteTrailingWS()
exe "normal mz"
%s/\s\+$//ge
exe "normal `z"
endfunc
Leader,w to remove trailing white spaces
noremap <leader>w :call DeleteTrailingWS()<CR>
Remove trailing white spaces when saving a python file:
autocmd BufWrite *.py :call DeleteTrailingWS()
Drasill
2010-08-13 09:03:36