awk:delete_both_leading_and_trailing_whitespaces_from_each_line
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AWK - Delete both leading and trailing whitespaces from each line
awk '{ gsub(/^[ \t]+|[ \t]+$/, ""); print }' file.txt
Example
returns:
aaaaa bbbbb ccccc ddddd eeeee
awk/delete_both_leading_and_trailing_whitespaces_from_each_line.1609949704.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/01/06 16:15 by peter