DESCRIPTION This is an alternative to String::Trim (and similar modules, see "SEE ALSO"). Instead of a single trim function, this module provides several from which you can choose on, depending on your needs. FUNCTIONS ltrim($str) => STR Trim whitespaces (including newlines) at the beginning of string. Equivalent to: $str =~ s/\A\s+//s; ltrim_lines($str) => STR Trim whitespaces (not including newlines) at the beginning of each line of string. Equivalent to: $str =~ s/^\s+//mg; rtrim($str) => STR Trim whitespaces (including newlines) at the end of string. Equivalent to: $str =~ s/[ \t]+\z//s; rtrim_lines($str) => STR Trim whitespaces (not including newlines) at the end of each line of string. Equivalent to: $str =~ s/[ \t]+$//mg; trim($str) => STR ltrim + rtrim. trim_lines($str) => STR ltrim_lines + rtrim_lines. trim_blank_lines($str) => STR Trim blank lines at the beginning and the end. Won't trim blank lines in the middle. Blank lines include lines with only whitespaces in them. ellipsis($str[, $maxlen, $ellipsis]) => STR Return $str unmodified if $str's length is less than $maxlen (default 80). Otherwise cut $str to ($maxlen - length($ellipsis)) and append $ellipsis (default '...') at the end. SEE ALSO For trim functions: String::Trim, Text::Trim, String::Strip, String::Util. For ellipsis/eliding: Text::Elide (elide at word boundaries), String::Elide::Parts (elide with more options).