# Logging CMD output to Variable includes linefeed/newline

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**Created:** [May 10, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/logging-cmd-output-to-variable-includes-linefeed-newline/6490 "2019-05-10T21:25:41Z")
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The String Trimming action will remove trailing cr/lf’s if Trim Right or Trim Left/Right is selected. If you have trailing spaces you want to keep then you will need to use the Text Find/Replace action, set the search string to something like (this will remove leading and trailing line breaks).

`^[\r\n]+|\.|[\r\n]+$`

and check the “Match as regular expression” checkbox, on the Replace tab set to “Replace text and write back to variable” and leave the replacement string blank.

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