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Old 08-31-2011
delete blank line from middle of a file
All,

I have a file which contains two entry with spaces (either one or more than one space). ex.
Code:
/tmp/scripts/sql        CUST_YR_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql        CUST_WK_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql        CUST_MTH_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql        CUST_YR_END_INC.sql

now I want to replac spaces with /

I need my output as.
Code:
/tmp/scripts/sql/CUST_YR_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql/CUST_WK_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql/CUST_MTH_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql/CUST_YR_END_INC.sql

Could any one please help me how I can do this through script.

Thanks,
Anshu
Last edited by Franklin52; 08-31-2011 at 05:23 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 2  
Old 08-31-2011
Code:
sed 's/ \+/\//g' <filenames

Last edited by Skrynesaver; 08-31-2011 at 06:30 AM.. Reason: Misread the original question
# 3  
Old 08-31-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by anshu ranjan
All,

I have a file which contains two entry with spaces (either one or more than one space). ex.
Code:
/tmp/scripts/sql        CUST_YR_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql        CUST_WK_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql        CUST_MTH_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql        CUST_YR_END_INC.sql

now I want to replac spaces with /

I need my output as.
Code:
/tmp/scripts/sql/CUST_YR_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql/CUST_WK_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql/CUST_MTH_END_INI.sql
/tmp/scripts/sql/CUST_YR_END_INC.sql

Could any one please help me how I can do this through script.

Thanks,
Anshu
Try:
Code:
sed 's/ /\//';'s/ //g' file

# 4  
Old 08-31-2011
Code:
awk '$1=$1' OFS="/" file

Guru.
# 5  
Old 09-01-2011
Code:
$ awk '{print $1"/"$2}' inputfile

# 6  
Old 09-01-2011
Please share the significance of + here....
Quote:
Originally Posted by Skrynesaver
Code:
sed 's/ \+/\//g' <filenames


I am beginer in UNIX, would be glad if you can please share the significance of + in command: sed 's/ \+/\//g'
# 7  
Old 09-01-2011
+ --> Repeats the previous item once or more. Greedy, so as many items as possible will be matched before trying permutations with less matches of the preceding item, up to the point where the preceding item is matched only once

Regular Expressions Reference - Basic Syntax
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