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Txt file tab problem
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 4:07 am
by mayura
Unix file having spaces,blank lines and tabs
I am able to remove the spaces and blank lines but tabs are not removing from txt file.
Please help me out to remove the tabs coming in source file.
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Re: Txt file tab problem
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 4:30 am
by vkhandel
u can remove the tabs using "TR" command.
tr -d '\t' < {input file name} > {outut file name}
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:30 am
by chulett
Tabs can be found (and thus removed) by using CHAR(9).
Re: Txt file tab problem
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:56 am
by mayura
vkhandel wrote:u can remove the tabs using "TR" command.
tr -d '\t' < {input file name} > {outut file name}
hey thx
i have removed the tab by using tr command and redirect it into one file and then i have removed the blank lines and spaces and redirect it into original file..
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