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Old 08-14-2008
Bug how to delete space character with sed

hi all,

i want to delete a space character in word on unix script with command sed like :

#dia n

result:

#dian

is there anyone will help me ?

regards,

cahyo
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Old 08-14-2008
Code:
str="dai n"
echo"$str" | sed 's/ //g'

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