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hi

i have a file which is like this :

Code:

aab ghj
  ghj lsklk
    lklkl;
ashjd
  kjs
  alskj

How do i remove the spaces from the beginning of a line so that all lines are indented to the left?

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sed "s/^ *//" file_in > file_out

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