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Old 11-03-2006
removing spaces

hey..
i had a problem with the unix command when i want to remove the white spaces in a string..i guess i cud do it with a sed command but i get an error when i give space in the square brackets..
string="nh hjh llk"
p=`echo $string | sed 's/ //g'`
i donno how to give space charater and replace it by nothing..
plz help me with this
thanks a lot
# 2  
Old 11-03-2006
use this

string="nh hjh llk"
echo $string | sed 's/ //g'

--Manish
# 3  
Old 11-03-2006
Another way.
Code:
echo "$string" | tr -d ' '

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