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Old 03-09-2008
awk continue

I want to print entire row of file

awk '{print $0}' inputfile

but sometime before every row have space characters. Example:
" HVLR is not in service on AP 54"

How can i print entire row without space characters ?

thanks
# 2  
Old 03-09-2008
Code:
#delete leading whitespace (spaces, tabs) from front of each line
awk '{sub(/^[ \t]+/, ""); print}'

#delete BOTH leading and trailing whitespace from each line (also removes extra space between fields)
awk '{$1=$1;print}'

//Jadu
# 3  
Old 03-10-2008
If you are not tied to awk. Sed works on removing leading and trailing whitespace.

awk '{print $0 }' inputFile |sed -e 's/^ //g' -e 's/ $//g'
or
sed -e 's/^ //g' -e 's/ $//g' inputFile
# 4  
Old 03-11-2008
Hi...

you can try this..
sed 's/^[ \t]*//' yourfile name

regards
Shahid
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