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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Include white spaces while using CUT command Post 302425013 by Sekar1 on Thursday 27th of May 2010 03:24:51 AM
Old 05-27-2010
Include white spaces while using CUT command
Hi
I tried to extract 19 characters (default) enclosed with in tag from a file using cut command. If the characters comprises of double space, the cut command gives the output with a single spacing.

file 1
<name>Kumar Rajasekaran</name>

Code:
cut -c7-26 "file1"

the out put i received is
Code:
Kumar Rajasekaran

Expected output
Code:
Kumar   Rajasekaran

Please guide me.
Thanks
Last edited by Franklin52; 05-27-2010 at 05:24 AM.. Reason: Placing correct code tags
 

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POSTLOG(1)						      General Commands Manual							POSTLOG(1)

NAME

       postlog - Postfix-compatible logging utility

SYNOPSIS

       postlog [-iv] [-c config_dir] [-p priority] [-t tag] [text...]

DESCRIPTION

       The postlog(1) command implements a Postfix-compatible logging interface for use in, for example, shell scripts.

       By default, postlog(1) logs the text given on the command line as one record. If no text is specified on the command line, postlog(1) reads
       from standard input and logs each input line as one record.

       Logging is sent to syslogd(8); when the standard error stream is connected to a terminal, logging is sent there as well.

       The following options are implemented:

       -c config_dir
	      Read the main.cf configuration file in the named directory instead of the default configuration directory.

       -i     Include the process ID in the logging tag.

       -p priority (default: info)
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ENVIRONMENT

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CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

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	      The list of environment parameters that a privileged Postfix process will import from a non-Postfix parent  process,  or	name=value
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SEE ALSO

       postconf(5), configuration parameters
       syslogd(8), syslog daemon

LICENSE

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AUTHOR(S)
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