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Asked: 2026-05-24T04:35:42+00:00

I would like to remove any line breaks/carriage returns at the start and end

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I would like to remove any line breaks/carriage returns at the start and end of files but eclipse doesn’t seem to recognize $$ or ^^ for end/start of file. Anyone know how to do a regex with eclipse search?

sof ^^ Start of File
eof $$ End of File
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  1. Editorial Team

    It seems by default, the multi-line flag m is enabled in Eclipse, causing ^ and $ to match start- and end-of-lines. You can disable the m flag by adding (?-m) in front of your regex.

    I just tested it, and it only removes line breaks at the start or end of the file:

    (?-m)(^\s+|\s+$)
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