How to remove line break and all spaces on the next line in sublime text editor?

Question

It happens many times when we need to remove line end and unnecessary space between the HTML element. So this could be proven as a time-saving technique.

Solution 1

1. open Search and replace (CTRL+H)
2. enable "Regular Expression" (circled in red)
3. enter \n\s+ in the search field, clear the replace field
4. press "Replace all"

This will remove all newlines (\n+) followed by all whitespace (\s+) in the next line.

Solution 2

In your Sublime Text user settings, you can specify the following to trim trailing white space.

"trim_trailing_white_space_on_save": true

You might want to have a look at the Trimmer that has a couple of options to trim whitespace.

Solution 3

you can also use \n+ to remove all the unwanted space , if you want to use a single line then replace with \n online

Comments

[Gerald Schneider]

Note that when using Replace all it doesn't make any difference if you use \n+ or \n. Also, using this will remove all line breaks, reducing the file to a single line.

[johnrao07]

awesome, thanks! just replace with a "space" for a space between words!