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1. OS X (Apple)
Hi All,
I have a vexing issue with leading spaces in file names. Basically, we're moving tons of data from our ancient afp file share to Box.com and Box forbids leading spaces in files or folders. The HFS file system seems to be perfectly fine with this, but almost all other Unix file systems... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: prometheon123
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Using awk or sed, I'd like to remove leading spaces after a comma and before a right justified number in field 6. Sounds simple but I can't find a solution. Each field's formatting must stay intact.
Input:
40,123456-02,160,05/24/2012,02/13/1977, 10699.15,0
Output:... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Scottie1954
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
removing leading zeros for a decimal column in a file which has string & decimal values
,,,,,6630140,XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, 0020.00,USA
,,,,,6630150,XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL (xyz, 0010.00,USA
,,,,,6630150,XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(xyz), 1300.00,USA
My file contains 9 columns. Out 9 columns, 8th column contains the... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: marpadga18
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have th following file
0000000011
0000000001
0000000231
0000000001
0000000022
noow when i run the following command
sed 's/^0+//g' file name
I receive the same output and the leading zeroes are not removed from the file . Please let me know how to achieve... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: asalman.qazi
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I am trying to replace the value of a xml tag with a new one. But, the existing value in the xml contain leading spaces and I tried to remove that with different sed commands but all in vain.
For replacing the value I wrote the command in BOLD letters below:
bash-3.00$... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: khedu
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello everyone. I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I have 2 files. It looks like this:
File 1:
abc1, defg, 50.00, mno,990
abc2, cats, 100.00, pops,991
abc3, dogs, 1.00, treat,992
File 2:
990, airplanes, runway, doctor
991, jets, birds, much
990,... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: crazyhpux
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a file with the following contents with multiple lines
172445957| 000005911|8| 400 Peninsula Ave.#1551 | And,K |935172445957|000005911
607573888 |000098536 | 2|Ane, B |J |Ane |1868 |19861206|20090106|20071001
I want to trim the "leading and trailing spaces only" from... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kumar04
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
How do I remove or add leading zeroa from a variable. To make variable 10 characters long when adding zeros. (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: toshidas2000
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I do have a code as follows:
function deHex {
if ]; then
deHexDate=${1:1:$2}
fi
}
The description given for the above code is as follows:
# description: removes leading zero so value will not be recognized as hex
# usage: deHex <value_parameter> <value_input_length>
... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: risshanth
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am having xml document as below.
<transactionid>
00
</transactionid>
<tracknumber>
0
</tracknumber>
<key>
N/A
</key>
But the data contains leading and trailing spaces between the tags. Please let me know how can i remove these leading and trailing spaces between the tags.... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jhmr7
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