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Old 07-30-2011
How to remove indents

Hi Guys,

Need some help on removing indents from a file. See below desired output.


INPUT FILE:
Code:
        7860080
        7860081
        7860082
        7860083
        7860084
        7860085
        7860086
        7860087
        7859457
7860011
7908350
7860088
7860090
7860091
7860092



DESIRED OUTPUT FILE:
Code:
7860080
7860081
7860082
7860083
7860084
7860085
7860086
7860087
7859457
7860011
7908350
7860088
7860090
7860091
7860092


Thanks in advance.


Br,
pinpe
# 2  
Old 07-30-2011
Using Awk:
Code:
awk '$1=$1' input_file

Using Sed:
Code:
sed -r 's/^[[:blank:]]+//' input_file


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