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Re: [SCRIPT] chomp: trim trailing whitespace

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JEJan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Date
May 27, 2006, 10:15 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.61.0605271212210.6670@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
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> Attached to this email is chomp.pl, a Perl script which removes trailing
> whitespace from several files.  I've had this for years, as trailing whitespace
> is one of my pet peeves.
>
> Now that git-applymbox complains loudly whenever a patch adds trailing
> whitespace, I figured this script may be useful to others.
>

Pretty long script. How about this two-liner? It does not show 'bytes chomped' but it also trims trailing whitespace.

#!/usr/bin/perl -i -p s/[ \t\r\n]+$//

Jan Engelhardt
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  1. Jeff GarzikMay 27, 2006
  2. Jan EngelhardtMay 27, 2006
  3. Thomas GlanzmannMay 27, 2006
  4. Neil BrownMay 27, 2006
  5. Jeff GarzikMay 27, 2006
  6. Dmitry FedorovMay 27, 2006
  7. Jan EngelhardtMay 27, 2006
  8. Keith OwensMay 28, 2006
  9. Martin LanghoffMay 27, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2006
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