vim Whitespace Delete trailing spaces in a file
Example
You can delete trailing spaces with the following command.
:%s/\s\+$//e
This command is explained as follows:
- enter Command mode with
: - do this to the entire file with
%(default would be for the current line) - substitute action
s /start of the search pattern\swhitespace character\+escaped + sign, one or more spaces should be matched- before the line end
$ /end of the search pattern, beginning of replacement pattern/end of the replacement pattern. Basically, replace with nothing.esuppress error messages if no match found
