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# 1  
Old 11-13-2006
Removing empty spaces and adding commas
I have a file which contains numbers as follows:
Code:
1234 9876  6789    5677   3452   
9087   4562   1367   2678  7891

I need to remove the empty spaces and add commas between the numbers like:

Code:
1234,9876,6789,5677,3452,   
9087,4562,1367,2678,7891

Can anyone tell me the command to do the same?

Thankx
# 2  
Old 11-13-2006
Code:
$ cat sample
1234 9876  6789    5677   3452
9087   4562   1367   2678  7891
$ sed 's/\( \)\{1,\}/,/g' sample
1234,9876,6789,5677,3452,
9087,4562,1367,2678,7891
$

or

Code:
$ sed 's/ \+/,/g' sample
1234,9876,6789,5677,3452,
9087,4562,1367,2678,7891


HTH,
Mona
# 3  
Old 11-13-2006
It is not working Smilie
# 4  
Old 11-13-2006
cat filename | tr -s " " ","

Note: In the first quotes, there is space
justsam
# 5  
Old 11-13-2006
Thanku All
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