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# 1  
Old 07-21-2009
Problem using egrep: spaces and newline

Hello:
I am working in bash and am a newbie.
I want to eliminate spaces from strings. Since this is a basic operation, I searched online and implemented the suggestions; however, I am facing a problem here.

I have an input file which looks like this:
Code:
abc defghi
jklmno pqrs
tuvw xyzabcd

My desired output is:
Code:
abc^defghi
jklmno^pqrs
tuw^xyzabcd

I used the following code:
Code:
NEW_FILE=$(egrep ' ' $OLD_FILE|sed -e 's/ /\^/g')
echo $NEW_FILE>>$OUT_FILE

My aim is to eliminate the spaces while maintaining the newline character.

However, the output I got was:
Code:
abc^defghi jklmno^pqrs tuw^xyzabcd

Can anyone please help me on this?

-Andy
# 2  
Old 07-21-2009
Code:
tr -s ' ' '^' < myfile >myNewFile

# 3  
Old 07-22-2009
Thanks, I am working in bash shell scripting - sorry, I should have mentioned it earlier.

So I tried various formats of the suggestion above
Code:
OUT_FILE=$(echo ${OLD_FILE} | tr -s ' ' '^')
OUT_FILE=`$(echo ${OLD_FILE} | tr -s ' ' '^')`
OUT_FILE=$(egrep ' ' $OLD_FILE | tr -s ' ' '^')

These are a few examples of what I tried. But it did not work.

Thanks in advance.

-Andy
# 4  
Old 07-22-2009
See if this works.


Code:
sed 's/ /\^/g'  $OLD_FILE >$NEW_FILE

# 5  
Old 07-22-2009
Try:
Code:
sed 's/ /^/g' file

This works for me.
# 6  
Old 07-22-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by andyu11
Thanks, I am working in bash shell scripting - sorry, I should have mentioned it earlier.

So I tried various formats of the suggestion above
Code:
OUT_FILE=$(echo ${OLD_FILE} | tr -s ' ' '^')
OUT_FILE=`$(echo ${OLD_FILE} | tr -s ' ' '^')`
OUT_FILE=$(egrep ' ' $OLD_FILE | tr -s ' ' '^')

These are a few examples of what I tried. But it did not work.

Thanks in advance.

-Andy
This is NOT what I've suggested - reread the post!
# 7  
Old 07-22-2009
Hi vgersh99:

Sorry about that. I tried using
Code:
tr -s ' ' '^' < OLD_FILE >NEW_FILE

and I got the error message: No such file or directory

I also tried using $OLD_FILE and $NEW_FILE. That gives me an error: ambiguous redirect

Thanks,
Andy
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