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From: "Andrew Specht" <andrew@iaccess.com.au>
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Subject: sed???
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 16:50:55 +1000
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Hi

I'm trying to figure out how to substitute multiple spaces from a text file
with a single space using sed.

this didn't work:

sed /[" "]+//s//[" "]/ test

any ideas? :)

Thanks again

Andrew Specht                                             |  System
Administrator
E-mail:  andrew@iaccess.com.au                  |  Internet Access Australia
Internet:  http://www.iaccess.com.au              |  Melbourne, Australia


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