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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting remove blank spaces from fields Post 302325968 by ppat7046 on Tuesday 16th of June 2009 03:57:38 PM
Old 06-16-2009
remove blank spaces from fields

Hi Friends,

I have large volume of data file as shown below.
Beganing or end of each filed, there are some blank spaces.
How do I remove those spaces?

AAA AAA1 | BBB BB1 BB2 |CC CCCC
DDDD DD | EEEEEEE EEEEEEEE | FFF FFFFFF FFFF
GG GGGGGG |HH HH |IIII IIIIIIIIIIII


The file should like as below.
AAA AAA1|BBB BB1 BB2|CC CCCC
DDDD DD|EEEEEEE EEEEEEEE|FFF FFFFFF FFFF
GG GGGGGG|HH HH|IIII IIIIIIIIIIII[/B]


Thanks for your help in advance.
Prashant

-----Post Update-----

I need to retain space between words.

-----Post Update-----

I need to retain space between words.
 

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CCCC(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   CCCC(1)

NAME
cccc - C and C++ Code Counter, a software metrics tool SYNOPSIS
cccc [options] file1.c ... DESCRIPTION
CCCC analyses and reports measurements of source code in C, C++, and Java. It was developed to augment programmers' instinctive applica- tion of numeric rules of thumb about what constitutes high or low quality products with an automated analysis tool. CCCC processes the files listed on its command line. If the filenames include '-', read a list of files from standard input. This program is work in progress and is not well documented. Please be prepared to refer to the source code for the meaning of some options. OPTIONS
--help Generate this help message. --outdir=dname Directory for generated files (default=.cccc). --html_outfile=fname Name of primary HTML report generated (default=outdir/cccc.html). --db_infile=fname Preload internal database from named file (default=no initial content). --db_outfile=fname Save internal database to named file (default=outdir/cccc.db). --opt_infile=fname Load options from named file (default=use compiled-in option values, refer to cccc_opt.cc for option information). --opt_outfile=fname Save options to named file (default=outdir/cccc.opt). --lang=string Use language specified for files specified after this option. Languages supported are c, c++, ada, and java (default=use lan- guage/extension mapping controlled by options). --report_mask=hex Control report content (refer to ccccmain.cc for mask values). --debug_mask=hex Control debug output content (refer to ccccmain.cc for mask values). AUTHOR
CCCC was written by Tim Littlefair <tim_littlefair@hotmail.com>. This manual page was written by Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). CCCC(1)
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