On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 03:01:47PM +0300, Andras Lorincz wrote: > I want to replaces all multiple spaces with one space. My first > attempt was this: > > sed -e 's/\ */\ /g'
The asterisk means zero or more, so it matches evven if there are no spaces. > > This replaced all multiple spaces with one but as a side effect, sed > inserted a space between all characters. Playing a little I tried > this: > > sed -e 's/[\ ]\ */\ /g' > > and this works. The fact is that I don't understand why the first one > doesn't work. Can someone explain me that? > -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
