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remove white space from specific columns in text file
Post 302521113 by shelladdict on Tuesday 10th of May 2011 09:13:27 AM
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i have file in which i want to remove white space from each column where ever it exist
there is white space at the end of line.
i know how to remove white space if i have only 1 column, but i have multiple columns
and white space can be in any column.
sed 's/ *$//' file
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GPE-QUESTION(1) gpe-question GPE-QUESTION(1) NAME
gpe-question - GPE interface for asking questions from shell scripts. SYNOPSIS
gpe-question [---icon] name {--question "Question text"} {--buttons icon1:text1} [icon2:text2 ...] DESCRIPTION
This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. gpe-question provides dialogues to raise a question within the GPE Palmtop Environment with cancel and ok buttons. OPTIONS
--question STRING The question to ask the user via the dialogue. --buttons type:label The type and label of the button(s) to be shown. Repeat for additional buttons. EXAMPLES
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This manual page was written by Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. AUTHOR
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