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# 1  
Old 10-04-2007
Storing string with space
Hi all
I am trying this simple command:
a="abc abc"
echo $a

output is: abc abc
But expected output shoould be :abc abc
i.e spaces in real string are geting truncated to one space everytime.

Plz Help.
# 2  
Old 10-04-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by rahul303
Hi all
I am trying this simple command:
a="abc abc"
echo $a

output is: abc abc
But expected output shoould be :abc abc
i.e spaces in real string are geting truncated to one space everytime.

Plz Help.
Wrap $a within double quotes i.e. "$a"
# 3  
Old 10-04-2007
Not working in script!
cat my_file | while read line
do
last=`echo $line | cut -c 3-`
echo "$last"
done

my_file:
1US8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0
1US8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0
1US8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0

Expected output:
8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0
8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0
8738297897918[space][space][space]0[space][space]0[space][space]0

Current Output:
8738297897918[space]0[space]0[space]0
8738297897918[space]0[space]0[space]0
8738297897918[space]0[space]0[space]0

Plz Help !
# 4  
Old 10-04-2007
The read command removes leading and traling Input Field Separators.
The echo command doesn't preserve multiple IFS between argument strings.
Code:
while IFS= read line
do 
   last=`echo "$line" | cut -c 3-`
   echo "$last"
done <my_file

Jean-Pierre.
# 5  
Old 10-04-2007
Thankssssssssssssss
It worked !
Smilie
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