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sed help on replacing space before and after *

I would like to replace the value of * (which might have one or more whitespace(s) before and after *) using sed command in aix.

Eg: Var='Hi I am there *

Desired output: Hi I am there*

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Try:

Code:

echo "$Var"|sed 's/ *\* */*/'

If it is a the end of that variable value you could use:

Code:

echo "${Var% \**}*"

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