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# 1  
Old 05-07-2008
delete blank space in begining of line
Hi All,

below is my data file
file.txt
Code:
$$0     ServerA  LAN1    AAA     IT01    04/30/2008  09:16:26
$$0     ServerB  LAN1    AAA     IT02    04/30/2008  09:16:26

here $ is a blank space
how to delete first 2 blank spaces in a file.
# 2  
Old 05-07-2008
Code:
sed -e 's/^  //' file.txt>file.new

# 3  
Old 05-07-2008
using Perl:
Code:
perl -pi -e 's/^\s+//' filename

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# 4  
Old 05-07-2008
Code:
sed -e 's/^  //g' filename > newfile

Thanks
# 5  
Old 05-07-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by namishtiwari
Code:
sed -e 's/^  //g' filename > newfile

Thanks

The "-e" and the "g" is redundant, he only wants to delete the first 2 spaces.
The "-e" is for combining multiple commands and the "g" is for global (more) substitutes on a line, this is sufficient:

Code:
sed 's/^  //' filename > newfile

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