replacing whitespace (regexp question)

replacing whitespace (regexp question)

[Henry Chan]

How do I replace the whitespace at the beginning of a line with nothing
i.e.
I want to perform something like:
$str =~ s#^\s+##;

thx,
Henry
q8e192@yahoo.com

Re: replacing whitespace (regexp question)

[Kai Großjohann]

q8e192@yahoo.com (Henry Chan) writes:

> How do I replace the whitespace at the beginning of a line with nothing
> i.e.
> I want to perform something like:
> $str =~ s#^\s+##;

First of all, you can replace the regexp ^\s-+ with nothing, using
query-replace-regexp.

Secondly, C-x h C-u - 999 C-x C-i might be useful, as well.  (If you
have lines starting with more than 999 spaces, it won't work.  But
I'm sure you can guess what to do in that case.)
-- 
A turnip curses Elvis

Re: replacing whitespace (regexp question)

[Kevin Dziulko]

You can use:

M-x replace-regexp

then at the prompt type:
^ +

then at the second prompt, don't type any thing, just hit enter.

Hope this helps.


On 17 Feb 2003, Henry Chan wrote:

> How do I replace the whitespace at the beginning of a line with nothing
> i.e.
> I want to perform something like:
> $str =~ s#^\s+##;
> 
> thx,
> Henry
> q8e192@yahoo.com
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