[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > "sed 's/^[ \t]*//;s/[ \t]*$//' /tmp/file.txt > /tmp/filea.txt"
perl -pe 's/^[ \t]+//; s/[ \t]+$//' /tmp/file.txt > /tmp/filea.txt Alternative-1: perl -pe 's/^[[:blank:]]+//, s/[[:blank:]]+$//' /tmp/file.txt > /tmp/filea.txt Alternative-2: perl -ple 's/^\s+//, s/\s+$//' /tmp/file.txt > /tmp/filea.txt To see the actual code, insert "-MO=Deparse " before the "-p". Recognize that a '+' is better than a '*' here. -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
