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Old 11-26-2009
Replace long space to become one space?

Hi,

i have the log attached. Actually i want the long space just become 1 space left
like this :
Quote:
20091116 08:29:18+0800 8540 "pmain" 32.50 8.90 541809 1720080 1472264 4 12.00
20091116 08:29:18+0800 4662 "pmain" 22.10 3.10 1210 613864 511748 3 28.00
20091116 08:29:18+0800 8506 "pmain" 32.90 9.30 548538 1830624 1535508 2 28.00
20091116 08:29:18+0800 8625 "pmain" 29.10 9.90 484269 1955684 1642012 7 36.00
20091116 08:29:18+0800 8609 "pmain" 28.80 10.10 478969 1953236 1665520 6 30.00
20091116 08:29:18+0800 8591 "pmain" 29.50 9.20 491810 1768436 1513796 5 20.00
20091116 08:29:18+0800 8488 "pmain" 32.50 13.30 540725 2879744 2191372 1 26.00
20091116 08:34:46+0800 4714 "pmain" 16.00 3.10 929 615324 513196 8 14.00
20091116 08:34:46+0800 8540 "pmain" 32.50 8.90 541869 1720080 1472960 4 12.00
20091116 08:34:46+0800 4662 "pmain" 22.20 3.10 1290 618612 516496 3 24.00
20091116 08:34:46+0800 8506 "pmain" 32.90 9.30 548614 1830624 1536052 2 22.00
20091116 08:34:46+0800 8625 "pmain" 29.10 9.90 484342 1955684 1643476 7 24.00
20091116 08:34:46+0800 8609 "pmain" 28.70 10.10 479033 1953236 1668500 6 18.00
20091116 08:34:46+0800 8591 "pmain" 29.50 9.20 491893 1768436 1514964 5 22.00
20091116 08:34:46+0800 8488 "pmain" 32.50 13.30 540801 2879744 2192360 1 18.00
20091116 08:40:14+0800 4714 "pmain" 16.30 3.10 998 620476 518356 8 24.00
20091116 08:40:14+0800 8540 "pmain" 32.50 8.90 541937 1720080 1473444 4 16.00
20091116 08:40:14+0800 4662 "pmain" 22.20 3.10 1365 621556 519440 3 20.00

Rgds,
# 2  
Old 11-26-2009
Try:

Code:
while read line; do echo $line; done < file

# 3  
Old 11-26-2009
try:
Code:
awk '$1=$1' log.txt


Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-26-2009 at 12:59 PM..
# 4  
Old 11-26-2009
Code:
while read -r line
do
    echo $line
done < "file"

# 5  
Old 11-26-2009
Code:
sed 's/  */ /g' log.txt

# 6  
Old 11-26-2009
if the file has tabs also, then

Code:
sed 's/[ \t]\+/ /g' log.txt

# 7  
Old 11-26-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
try:
Code:
awk '$1=$1' logfile.txt

Puzzling ... but it works (need nawk or gawk under Solaris).
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