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# 1  
Old 11-14-2012
Replace space with empty
Hi All,

My Input is:
Code:
111.121 23212121
121.231 12678878

My output should be

Code:
111.12123212121
121.23112678878

in each row i need to replace that perticular space with empty.

8th position in the file for all rows.

Please help me in this case ..
Thanks
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-15-2012 at 01:45 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 11-15-2012
Try:

Code:
sed 's/ //' input-file >output-file

# 3  
Old 11-15-2012
replace space with empty
Thank you very much for u r reply,but here i need to replace perticular position with empty for all rows in the file.
Your code is not working according to my requirment,
Pls help me in this regard...
# 4  
Old 11-15-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by raju4u
Thank you very much for u r reply,but here i need to replace perticular position with empty for all rows in the file.
Your code is not working according to my requirment,
Pls help me in this regard...
post some more examples. Agama solution will work for the posted example.
# 5  
Old 11-15-2012
Refer thread. I hope this helps.

---------- Post updated at 22:46 ---------- Previous update was at 22:42 ----------

Solution provided by balajesuri
Code:
sed 's/.//8' input_file

# 6  
Old 11-15-2012
Hi
Code:
111.121 23212121
121.231 12678878
112.231 12611117

In the above file 8th position is space and i need to replace with empty for that position for all rows.

Outpur should be like this:

Code:
111.12123212121
121.23112678878
112.23112611117

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-15-2012 at 01:48 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 7  
Old 11-15-2012
Code:
$ sed 's/.//8' a.txt
111.12123212121
121.23112678878
112.23112611117
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