The UNIX and Linux Forums  

Go Back   The UNIX and Linux Forums > Top Forums > UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
.
google unix.com



UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers If you're not sure where to post a UNIX or Linux question, post it here. All UNIX and Linux newbies welcome !!

More UNIX and Linux Forum Topics You Might Find Helpful
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Add white space to the end of a line with sed karlanderson Shell Programming and Scripting 7 03-09-2009 06:20 AM
Padding With White Space Between Variables sandeep_1105 UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 1 02-26-2009 09:33 PM
stripping white space... Zak Shell Programming and Scripting 7 10-09-2007 08:41 AM
How to get just the word and clean the white space? paulofp Shell Programming and Scripting 2 06-22-2007 07:28 PM
How to keep white space is being deleted using read keelba Shell Programming and Scripting 1 05-30-2002 03:15 PM

 
English Japanese Spanish French German Portuguese Italian Dutch Swedish Russian Norwegian Hungarian Hebrew Danish Bulgarian Greek Powered by Powered by Google
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 03-02-2009
sandeep_1105 sandeep_1105 is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 29
SED with White Space

Dear Members,

Suppose i have a variable test which stores a string as below:

test='John drives+++++++++a+++++car'

now i want to use sed on the above variable and replace + with a white space, so that i get

echo $test should give me

'john drives a car'

Between "drives" and "a" i need 9 white spaces and between "a" and "car" i need 5 white spaces since i have 9 and 5 positive signs before.

How can i do this?
 

Bookmarks

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On




All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:28 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Language Translations Powered by .
vBCredits v1.4 Copyright ©2007 - 2008, PixelFX Studios
The UNIX and Linux Forums Content Copyright ©1993-2009. All Rights Reserved.Ad Management by RedTyger

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0