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Old 03-09-2011
merging sed commands
Hi,

I've a shell that uses two sed commands to tailor a file.

sed 's/ */ /g' | sed 's/%/%%/g'

Is it possible to merge this in to a single sed?

Thanks!
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Old 03-09-2011
Code:
sed -e 's/ */ /g' -e 's/%/%%/g'

# 3  
Old 03-09-2011
Or a little bit shorter:

Code:
sed -e 's/  */ /g;s/%/%%/g'

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