multiple spaces between columns with grep 1

[PSD]

Hi all,

On AIX I had some problems with \s+ matching spaces so ended up using [[:blank:]]. But if there are multiple spaces between two words in a file, what is the best way of using [[:blank:]] without typing it more than once? Also the number of space varies per line, so there is no fixed number of spaces.

Any ideas?

Many thanks

Paul

 

[feherke]

Hi

Just add the [tt]+[/tt] quantifier after that too : [tt][[:blank:]][highlight]+[/highlight][/tt].

By the way, [tt]\s[/tt]'s corresponding POSIX character class is actually [tt][[:space:]][/tt].

Feherke.
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