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Old 06-05-2008
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Wink tr command
tr -s " "
will suppress extra " " space charcters

Code:
> line2="This  2spaces   3spaces    4and5after     *"
> echo "$line2"
This  2spaces   3spaces    4and5after     *
> echo "$line2" | tr -s " "
This 2spaces 3spaces 4and5after *