Trim Whitespace
Strip leading and trailing spaces from every line.
Trim Whitespace
Remove the leading and trailing spaces and tabs from each line. Use the collapse option to also squeeze multiple internal spaces down to a single space for perfectly even spacing.
Trim options
- Trim leading and trailing whitespace per line
- Optionally collapse repeated inner spaces
- Removes stray tabs as well as spaces
- Keeps the line structure intact
Where it helps
Clean up data pasted from spreadsheets, normalize indentation, fix misaligned lists, and remove the invisible padding that breaks comparisons and lookups.
Why trailing spaces matter
Trailing whitespace is invisible but real — it can break string comparisons, inflate file sizes, and trigger linter warnings. Trimming guarantees that two lines that look identical actually are identical.
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