Help Parsing a line

[chomps303]

How can I parse out a line like this?

[Tab][Space][Space] data data data [tab] data data

I can have any number of tabs and or spaces in the beginning of the line the line may contain tabs or spaces
AFTER the data is started. I just need to LEFT justify the the line.

ie: data data data [tab] data data

Thanks
Brandt

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
t=`echo "\t\c"`; sed "s!^[ $t]*!!" /path/to/input > output
The awk way:
awk '{x=$0;sub(/^[ \t]*/,"",x);print x}' /path/to/input > output

Hope This Helps, PH.
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