diff --git a/pkg/app/set.go b/pkg/app/set.go
index ba089d8b..0540dd7b 100644
--- a/pkg/app/set.go
+++ b/pkg/app/set.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ func (a *App) InitSetFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetRequestVars, "request-vars", "", "", "set request variables file")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetDryRun, "dry-run", "", false, "prints the set request without initiating a gRPC connection")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetRequestProtoFile, "proto-file", "", []string{}, "set request from prototext file")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetNoTrim, "no-trim", "", false, "won't trim the input files")
 	//
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetReplaceCli, "replace-cli", "", []string{}, "a cli command to be sent as a set replace request")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetReplaceCliFile, "replace-cli-file", "", "", "path to a file containing a list of commands that will be sent as a set replace request")
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 1f4a02af..55307840 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const (
 	configName      = ".gnmic"
 	configLogPrefix = "[config] "
 	envPrefix       = "GNMIC"
+	trimChars       = " \r\n\t"
 )
 
 var ErrInvalidConfig = errors.New("invalid configuration")
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ type LocalFlags struct {
 	SetRequestVars            string        `mapstructure:"set-request-vars,omitempty" json:"set-request-vars,omitempty" yaml:"set-request-vars,omitempty"`
 	SetRequestProtoFile       []string      `mapstructure:"set-proto-request-file,omitempty" yaml:"set-proto-request-file,omitempty" json:"set-proto-request-file,omitempty"`
 	SetDryRun                 bool          `mapstructure:"set-dry-run,omitempty" json:"set-dry-run,omitempty" yaml:"set-dry-run,omitempty"`
+	SetNoTrim                 bool          `mapstructure:"set-no-trim,omitempty" json:"set-no-trim,omitempty" yaml:"set-no-trim,omitempty"`
 	SetReplaceCli             []string      `mapstructure:"set-replace-cli,omitempty" yaml:"set-replace-cli,omitempty" json:"set-replace-cli,omitempty"`
 	SetReplaceCliFile         string        `mapstructure:"set-replace-cli-file,omitempty" yaml:"set-replace-cli-file,omitempty" json:"set-replace-cli-file,omitempty"`
 	SetUpdateCli              []string      `mapstructure:"set-update-cli,omitempty" yaml:"set-update-cli,omitempty" json:"set-update-cli,omitempty"`
@@ -686,9 +688,13 @@ func (c *Config) CreateSetRequest(targetName string) ([]*gnmi.SetRequest, error)
 				c.logger.Printf("error reading data from file '%s': %v", c.LocalFlags.SetUpdateFile[i], err)
 				return nil, err
 			}
+			trim := ""
+			if !c.LocalFlags.SetNoTrim {
+				trim = trimChars
+			}
 			updOpt = api.Update(
 				api.Path(strings.TrimSpace(p)),
-				api.Value(string(bytes.Trim(updateData, " \r\n\t")), c.Encoding),
+				api.Value(string(bytes.Trim(updateData, trim)), c.Encoding),
 			)
 
 		} else {
@@ -708,9 +714,13 @@ func (c *Config) CreateSetRequest(targetName string) ([]*gnmi.SetRequest, error)
 				c.logger.Printf("error reading data from file '%s': %v", c.LocalFlags.SetReplaceFile[i], err)
 				return nil, err
 			}
+			trim := ""
+			if !c.LocalFlags.SetNoTrim {
+				trim = trimChars
+			}
 			replaceOpt = api.Replace(
 				api.Path(strings.TrimSpace(p)),
-				api.Value(string(bytes.Trim(replaceData, " \r\n\t")), c.Encoding),
+				api.Value(string(bytes.Trim(replaceData, trim)), c.Encoding),
 			)
 
 		} else {
@@ -730,9 +740,13 @@ func (c *Config) CreateSetRequest(targetName string) ([]*gnmi.SetRequest, error)
 				c.logger.Printf("error reading data from file '%s': %v", c.LocalFlags.SetUnionReplaceFile[i], err)
 				return nil, err
 			}
+			trim := ""
+			if !c.LocalFlags.SetNoTrim {
+				trim = trimChars
+			}
 			unionReplaceOpt = api.UnionReplace(
 				api.Path(strings.TrimSpace(p)),
-				api.Value(string(bytes.Trim(replaceData, " \r\n\t")), c.Encoding),
+				api.Value(string(bytes.Trim(replaceData, trim)), c.Encoding),
 			)
 
 		} else {