10-11-2005
delete white spaces
hi all...
i have the next question:
i have a flat file with a lot of records (lines). Each record has 10 fields, which are separated by pipe (|). My problem is what sometimes, in the first record, there are white spaces (no values, nothing) in the beginning of the record, like this:
ws ws ws 068|072005|725606|K|3|4|GENERAL 001|S|N|C
068|072005|725606|K|3|4|GENERAL 001|S|N|C
068|072005|725606|K|3|4|GENERAL 001|S|N|C
where ws are white spaces. i have two questons:
(1) ¿why happens this?
(2) the most important, how can i delete the white spaces¿?.
for your help, thanks....
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NAME
acct: acctdisk, acctdusg, accton, acctwtmp, closewtmp, utmp2wtmp - overview of accounting and miscellaneous accounting commands
SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
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Current process data can be examined using (see acctcom(1M)).
Process accounting and connect time accounting (or any accounting records in the format described in acct(4)) can be merged and summarized
into total accounting records by (see the format in acct(4)). is used to format any or all accounting records (see acctsh(1M)).
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FILES
Holds all accounting commands listed in section(1M) of this manual.
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