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# 1  
Old 10-23-2014
Remove spaces from the file
Hi All,

The output file contains data as below.

Code:
"20141023","CUSTOMER" ,"COMPANY" ,"IN0515461"      ,""     ,"JOSHUA"

There are spaces in between the ending " and ,. The number of spaces is random.

How can I remove that from the file so that the final output is:
Code:
"20141023","CUSTOMER","COMPANY","IN0515461","","JOSHUA"

Thanks,
Aarsh
Last edited by Don Cragun; 10-23-2014 at 05:23 PM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 2  
Old 10-23-2014
try:

Code:
sed 's/"  *,/",/g' output_file > output_file.fixed

# 3  
Old 10-23-2014
Code:
tr -d ' ' <in_file >out_file

# 4  
Old 10-23-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by DGPickett
Code:
tr -d ' ' <in_file >out_file

That would remove any space and the OP is requesting only some specific instance.
# 5  
Old 10-23-2014
It was stable for the data shown. That sed solution misses spaces at end of line.
Code:
sed '
    s/"  *,/",/g
    s/  *$//
 ' output_file > output_file.fixed

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