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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