03-29-2006
Delete spaces in between fields
I am new to unix and need some assistance.
I have a file in the format below with about 15 fields per each record. I have 2 records displayed below.
"1234","Andy ","Rich ","0001","123 Main Street ","Dallas "
"2345","Andrew ","Richter ","0002","234 First Ave ","Kirby "
My Final output needs to be as follows
"1234","Andy","Rich","0001","123 Main Street","Dallas"
"2345","Andrew","Richter","0002","234 First Ave","Kirby"
I am sure I can use the sed command but not sure what parameters to use. Any and all assistance would bve highly appreciated.
Thanks
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address
Address(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Address(3pm)
NAME
Palm::Address - Handler for Palm AddressBook databases
SYNOPSIS
use Palm::Address;
DESCRIPTION
The Address PDB handler is a helper class for the Palm::PDB package. It parses AddressBook databases.
AppInfo block
The AppInfo block begins with standard category support. See Palm::StdAppInfo for details.
Other fields include:
$pdb->{appinfo}{lastUniqueID}
$pdb->{appinfo}{dirtyFields}
I don't know what these are.
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{name}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{firstName}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{company}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{phone1}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{phone2}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{phone3}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{phone4}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{phone5}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{phone6}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{phone7}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{phone8}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{address}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{city}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{state}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{zipCode}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{country}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{title}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{custom1}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{custom2}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{custom3}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{custom4}
$pdb->{appinfo}{fieldLabels}{note}
These are the names of the various fields in the address record.
$pdb->{appinfo}{country}
An integer: the code for the country for which these labels were designed. The country name is available as
$Palm::Address::countries[$pdb->{appinfo}{country}];
$pdb->{appinfo}{misc}
An integer. The least-significant bit is a flag that indicates whether the database should be sorted by company. The other bits are
reserved.
Sort block
$pdb->{sort}
This is a scalar, the raw data of the sort block.
Records
$record = $pdb->{records}[N];
$record->{fields}{name}
$record->{fields}{firstName}
$record->{fields}{company}
$record->{fields}{phone1}
$record->{fields}{phone2}
$record->{fields}{phone3}
$record->{fields}{phone4}
$record->{fields}{phone5}
$record->{fields}{address}
$record->{fields}{city}
$record->{fields}{state}
$record->{fields}{zipCode}
$record->{fields}{country}
$record->{fields}{title}
$record->{fields}{custom1}
$record->{fields}{custom2}
$record->{fields}{custom3}
$record->{fields}{custom4}
$record->{fields}{note}
These are scalars, the values of the various address book fields.
$record->{phoneLabel}{phone1}
$record->{phoneLabel}{phone2}
$record->{phoneLabel}{phone3}
$record->{phoneLabel}{phone4}
$record->{phoneLabel}{phone5}
Most fields in an AddressBook record are straightforward: the "name" field always gives the person's last name.
The "phoneN" fields, on the other hand, can mean different things in different records. There are five such fields in each record, each of
which can take on one of eight different values: "Work", "Home", "Fax", "Other", "E-mail", "Main", "Pager" and "Mobile".
The $record->{phoneLabel}{phone*} fields are integers. Each one is an index into @Palm::Address::phoneLabels, and indicates which
particular type of phone number each of the $record->{phone*} fields represents.
$record->{phoneLabel}{display}
Like the phone* fields above, this is an index into @Palm::Address::phoneLabels. It indicates which of the phone* fields to display in the
list view.
$record->{phoneLabel}{reserved}
I don't know what this is.
METHODS
new
$pdb = new Palm::Address;
Create a new PDB, initialized with the various Palm::Address fields and an empty record list.
Use this method if you're creating an Address PDB from scratch.
new_Record
$record = $pdb->new_Record;
Creates a new Address record, with blank values for all of the fields. The AppInfo block will contain only an "Unfiled" category, with ID
0.
"new_Record" does not add the new record to $pdb. For that, you want "$pdb->append_Record".
SOURCE CONTROL
The source is in Github:
http://github.com/briandfoy/p5-Palm/tree/master
AUTHOR
Alessandro Zummo, "<a.zummo@towertech.it>"
Currently maintained by brian d foy, "<bdfoy@cpan.org>"
SEE ALSO
Palm::PDB(3)
Palm::StdAppInfo(3)
BUGS
The new() method initializes the AppInfo block with English labels and "United States" as the country.
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