Re^2: \s matches newline in regex?

So if \s matches more than a space, how do I match just a space? While I agree your suggestion works for my simple example, it won't work for my actual workload.

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Re^3: \s matches newline in regex? by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 22, 2015 at 17:04 UTC
You can use `[ ]`, or `\x{20}` or `\U{0020}` I guess.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: \s matches newline in regex? by GrandFather (Saint) on Jul 22, 2015 at 20:58 UTC
If you want just a space use just a space! If you want to match everything except some specific white space characters use a negated character class with \S and the other white space characters you want to keep: `s/Hi[^\S\n\r\f]+//g` for example. Premature optimization is the root of all job security	[reply] [d/l]