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10-24-2001

sanjay92

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How to use cut when your delimeter is either space (could be one or more) or tab.

example :-
See the data below.

Code:

A                       B                            C
                         E                            F

The first column of the second row is blank (NULL).

say, I want to cut the second field. The fields are seprated by either one or more blank space or one or more tab.

Do, I have use tr command first on the file and then pass the result to the cut command or there is any easy way in cut command itself.

Thanks
Sanjay

Last edited by sanjay92; 10-24-2001 at 01:24 AM..

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