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Old 05-19-2010
How to Delete the First Blank of the First Col?
Hi to all.

In the following example, how can I delete the first blank of the first col? (using shell scripting)

Code:
 first second third fourth
 fifth sixth seventh eighth

Thank's for reading.
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Old 05-19-2010
Code:
sed 's/^ //' infile >outfile

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Old 05-19-2010
Code:
cut -c2- input > output

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Old 05-19-2010
Thank you both. Both solutions works.
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Old 05-19-2010
Or:
Code:
awk '$1=$1' file

# 6  
Old 05-19-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
Or:
Code:
awk '$1=$1' file

Actually I prefer don't use AWK. Anyway, thanks for your reply.
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