diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7b54da5..36901a0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ mod kak;
 mod math_eval;
 mod shuf;
 mod sort;
+mod trim;
 mod uniq;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use errors::KakMessage;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ enum Commands {
     Uniq(uniq::Options),
     #[clap(visible_aliases = &["bc", "eval"])]
     MathEval(math_eval::Options),
+    Trim(trim::Options),
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<KakMessage, KakMessage> {
         Commands::Shuf(o) => shuf::shuf(o),
         Commands::Uniq(o) => uniq::uniq(o),
         Commands::MathEval(o) => math_eval::math_eval(o),
+        Commands::Trim(o) => trim::trim(o),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/trim.rs b/src/trim.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75f6d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/trim.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+use crate::{get_selections, open_command_fifo, KakMessage};
+use std::io::Write;
+
+#[derive(clap::StructOpt, Debug)]
+pub struct Options {
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    left: bool,
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    right: bool,
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    no_preserve_newline: bool,
+}
+
+pub fn trim(options: &Options) -> Result<KakMessage, KakMessage> {
+    let selections = get_selections()?;
+
+    let mut f = open_command_fifo()?;
+    write!(f, "reg '\"'")?;
+
+    let mut num_trimmed: usize = 0;
+    let num_selections = selections.len();
+
+    for i in selections.into_iter().map(|s| {
+        let new_string = match (options.left, options.right) {
+            (true, true) | (false, false) => {
+                // Either they specified both, or neither
+                s.trim()
+            }
+            (true, false) => s.trim_start(),
+            (false, true) => s.trim_end(),
+        };
+
+        if s.len() != new_string.len() {
+            num_trimmed = num_trimmed.saturating_add(1);
+        }
+
+        if !options.no_preserve_newline && s.ends_with('\n') {
+            s + "\n"
+        } else {
+            new_string.to_string()
+        }
+    }) {
+        write!(f, " '{}'", i.replace('\'', "''"))?;
+    }
+    write!(f, " ; exec R;")?;
+    f.flush()?;
+
+    Ok(KakMessage(
+        format!(
+            "Trimmed {} selections ({} changed)",
+            num_selections, num_trimmed
+        ),
+        None,
+    ))
+}