Remove whitespaces between comma separated fields from file - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

nitinbjoshi · #1 06-13-2008

Hello all,

I am a unix dummy. I am trying to remove spaces between fields. I have the file in the following format

12332432, 2345 , asdfsdf ,100216 , 9999999
12332431, 2341 , asdfsd2 ,100213 , 9999999

& would like to make it

12332432,2345,asdfsdf,100216,9999999
12332431,2341,asdfsd2,100213,9999999

I would appreciate it greatly if there is a command to do this.

Thanks
Nitin

rubin · #2 06-13-2008

Code:

sed 's/ //g' infile > outfile

or

Code:

awk '{$1=$1;OFS=""}1' infile > outfile

nitinbjoshi · #3 06-14-2008

The sed command did not give me what I was looking for but the awk worked great

Thanks a million
NJ

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