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Storing string with space
Hi all
I am trying this simple command: a="abc abc" echo $a output is: abc abc But expected output shoould be :abc abc i.e spaces in real string are geting truncated to one space everytime. Plz Help. 
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Not working in script!
cat my_file | while read line
do last=`echo $line | cut -c 3-` echo "$last" done my_file: 1US8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0 1US8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0 1US8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0 Expected output: 8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0 8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0 8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0 Current Output: 8738297897918[space]0[space]0[space]0 8738297897918[space]0[space]0[space]0 8738297897918[space]0[space]0[space]0 Plz Help !
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The read command removes leading and traling Input Field Separators.
The echo command doesn't preserve multiple IFS between argument strings. Code:
while IFS= read line do last=`echo "$line" | cut -c 3-` echo "$last" done <my_file
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