11-06-2009
Kastin
If I use 's/ //g' then all spaces will be removed
like if I have a value in a field which is like below
,xi hy,y,z
,dg hy,c,v
t,l,m,n
,h,s,k
,k,,y
z,j, ,p
I will get this
space,xihy,y,z
,dghy,c,v
t,l,m,n
space,h,s,k
,k,,y
z,j, ,p
If you see xi hy and dg hy...they become together xihy and dghy
I dont want that
not all spaces will be removed but if there is a null column
, , then it should be ,, and this should be applicable to first field also.
Sorry for any confusion. Also here when in row 1 and 4 when i try to create space in the column1 field it doesnot take in this forum ..so I wrote space there
Last edited by RubinPat; 11-06-2009 at 03:22 PM..
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NEATEN(1) General Commands Manual NEATEN(1)
NAME
neaten - neaten up output columns
SYNOPSIS
neaten [ format ]
DESCRIPTION
Neaten reads from its standard input and neatens up columns separated by white space using the specified format. The format is a string
consisting of a positive integer followed by an alignment character and another integer. The alignment character is usually a decimal
point ('.'), but it can be any non-digit.
The alignment character is used as the central point of each column. The total column field width will be the number to the left of the
alignment character plus one for the alignment character itself plus the number to the right of the alignment character.
If a field does not contain the alignment character, it will be printed to the left of where the alignment character would have appeared.
If a field is too long to print within the specified format, the entire field will be printed and that row will not be aligned with the
rest.
The default format is "8.8".
EXAMPLE
To examine a file with columns of numbers:
neaten 10.8 < input | more
BUGS
Columns wider than the total width of the format specification will be printed without any separating white space.
The program does not do anything special with tabs on the input.
AUTHOR
Greg Ward
SEE ALSO
cnt(1), rcalc(1), rlam(1), total(1)
RADIANCE
11/15/93 NEATEN(1)