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# 1  
Old 05-25-2010
Help with removing additional commas in string

Hi Experts,

I have below strings

Code:
hello,hi,,,,,,start date
age,code,,,,,61,season

I am trying to format this string to
Code:
hello,hi,start date
age,code,61,season

Can anyone please help me in achieving this?

Kind Regards,
RB
# 2  
Old 05-25-2010
Try:

Code:
sed 's/[,][,]*/,/g' file

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# 3  
Old 05-25-2010
Try

Code:
tr -s "," < filename


cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
# 4  
Old 05-25-2010
MySQL Re: Help with removing additional commas in string

Thanks to anchal and dev for your quick replies.

I was looking for a solution in perl. I used the sed code given by anchal and modified to suit perl. Its working absolutely as I required.

Special thanks to anchal

Regards,
RB
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