Been trying to find a solution to this, I'm sure its a sed 1 liner, but I don't know sed well enough to work it out...
I have a text file in the following format:
etc....
there are a number of blank spaces between the columns, and I want to replace these blank spaces so that there is one single semi colon there instead. Any thoughts?
Folks, I am wondering if anyone solve this problem.
What I want to know is,
1. Delete all white spaces including leading blank space in each line (e.g. line 2), and replace such spaces by single tab except leading blank space
2. Then, align all columns to the right. But, output white space... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I have this problem that there are blank spaces in my text file... i want to remove them
line 1
line 2
line 3
I want to remove the space between line 2 and line 3... I tried sed... it work but it prints the whole text file at the command prompt which i dont want....
sde i tried was... (4 Replies)
Hello All,
I am trying to remove all tabspaces and all blankspaces from my file using sed & awk, but not getting proper code. Please help me out.
My file is like this (<b> means one blank space, <t> means one tab space)-
$ cat file
NARESH<b><b><b>KUMAR<t><t>PRADHAN... (3 Replies)
I have a file which has blank spaces($) and the blank spaces at the end of the file are not coming up while cutting the files.. please find the following file, desired output..
file1:
001_AHaris$$$$$020$$$$$$$$$
001_ATony$$$$$$030$$$$$$$$$
002_AChris$$$$$090$$$$$$$$$... (5 Replies)
Hello,
I am an super newbie, so forgive my sheer ignorance. I have a series of text files formatted as follows (just showing the header and first few lines):
mean_geo mean_raw lat lon
0.000 0 -70.616 163.021
0.000 0 -70.620 163.073
0.000 ... (8 Replies)
hi
i have a file which store some data.the contents of my file is
data1:data2
data3:data4
i have a script which read this file
correct="$(cat /root/sh | cut -d: -f1)"
i used this syntax..please help me which syntax is used to remove blank spaces..then how to read this file.. (1 Reply)
Hello..
I have a text file. I want to remove all the blank spaces(except tab) from the file..
I tried using sed command as shown below
sed 's/ //g' file1
But the problem with the above command is that it also eliminates 'tab' which is between the columns..
For example if the contents... (7 Replies)
Hello Team,
Could you please help me with the below question?
I have a file with the following properties
1) File Delimiter is ;
2) Text columns are within double quotes
3) Numeric columns will not have double quotes
4) File has total 6 columns
Please see a sample record from file
... (3 Replies)
Hi Guru,
I need some advice on how to add blank spaces to the code, rather than me just adding <space-bar spaces> which does not work.
Current output of the code
File System Backed Up - ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES
Daily - Incremental Backup Schedule - 1 Month Retention
• 7pm - PRD... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
roff
is a text formatter. Its input consists of the text to be out-
put, intermixed with formatting commands. A formatting commandis a line containing the control character followed by a twocharacter command name, and possibly one or more arguments. Thecontrol character is initially . (dot). The formatted output isproduced on standard output. The formatting commands are listedbelow, with being a number, being a character, and being a title.A + before n means it may be signed, indicating a positive ornegative change from the current value. Initial values for whererelevant, are given in parentheses.
.ad Adjust right margin.
.ar Arabic page numbers.
.br Line break. Subsequent text will begin on a new line.
.bl n Insert n blank lines.
.bp +n Begin new page and number it n. No n means +1.
.cc c Control character is set to c.
.ce n Center the next n input lines.
.de zz Define a macro called zz. A line with .. ends definition.
.ds Double space the output. Same as .ls 2.
.ef t Even page footer title is set to t.
.eh t Even page header title is set to t.
.fi Begin filling output lines as full as possible.
.fo t Footer titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hc c The character c (e.g., %) tells roff where hyphens are permitted.
.he t Header titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hx Header titles are suppressed.
.hy n Hyphenation is done if n is 1, suppressed if it is 0. Default is 1.
.ig Ignore input lines until a line beginning with .. is found.
.in n Indent n spaces from the left margin; force line break.
.ix n Same as .in but continue filling output on current line.
.li n Literal text on next n lines. Copy to output unmodified.
.ll +n Line length (including indent) is set to n (65).
.ls +n Line spacing: n (1) is 1 for single spacing, 2 for double, etc.
.m1 n Insert n (2) blank lines between top of page and header.
.m2 n Insert n (2) blank lines between header and start of text.
.m3 n Insert n (1) blank lines between end of text and footer.
.m4 n Insert n (3) blank lines between footer and end of page.
.na No adjustment of the right margin.
.ne n Need n lines. If fewer are left, go to next page.
.nn +n The next n output lines are not numbered.
.n1 Number output lines in left margin starting at 1.
.n2 n Number output lines starting at n. If 0, stop numbering.
.ni +n Indent line numbers by n (0) spaces.
.nf No more filling of lines.
.nx f Switch input to file f.
.of t Odd page footer title is set to t.
.oh t Odd page header title is set to t.
.pa +n Page adjust by n (1). Same as .bp
.pl +n Paper length is n (66) lines.
.po +n Page offset. Each line is started with n (0) spaces.
.ro Page numbers are printed in Roman numerals.
.sk n Skip n pages (i.e., make them blank), starting with next one.
.sp n Insert n blank lines, except at top of page.
.ss Single spacing. Equivalent to .ls 1.
.ta Set tab stops, e.g., .ta 9 17 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 (default).
.tc c Tabs are expanded into c. Default is space.
.ti n Indent next line n spaces; then go back to previous indent.
.tr ab Translate a into b on output.
.ul n Underline the letters and numbers in the next n lines.