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Old 10-04-2011
change in line
i have a line that has ",,", i need to change it to "," ; But i have it more than one time in the same line , sub(",,",",",$0) just sub the first one in the line?

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using AWK please
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Old 10-04-2011
Code:
using sub changes 1st instance:

#  echo "hello,,world,,how, are,,you" | nawk '{sub(",,",",",$0);print}'
hello,world,,how, are,,you

using gsub changes all instances:

#  echo "hello,,world,,how, are,,you" | nawk '{gsub(",,",",",$0);print}'
hello,world,how, are,you

HTH
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Old 10-04-2011
thanks a lot , i will try it
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