remove blank spaces in a string - Shell Programming and Scripting

spandu · #1 03-01-2006

can any help how to remove blank spaces in a string?

STR="GOOD BYE"

by removing blank spaces, the string should be GOOD,BYE

thanks in advance

gauravgoel · #2 03-01-2006

Quote:

echo $STR | awk '{print $1","$2}'

should work, i have not tested it

zazzybob · #3 03-01-2006

Well, according to that, you want to replace the space with a comma?

echo "$STR" | tr ' ' ','
echo "$STR" | sed 's/ /,/g' # g isn't strictly needed here

Cheers
ZB

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