Re: need to trim spaces from sqlplus output

  • From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: michaeljmoore@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:45:38 -0600

Yeah, its a matter of time.  If I can just fix the output files with some
simple commands its easy.  To do it the other way, I have to go and modify
32 separate queries.

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Michael Moore <michaeljmoore@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> select last name||'|'||first_name from ... etc
>
> In other words, avoid the problem in the first place. This might not be an
> option for you.
>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Radoulov, Dimitre 
> <cichomitiko@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> On 18/01/2011 17:50, Andrew Kerber wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone have a unix script to trim spaces prior to the column
>>> separators in sqlplus output, ie, I have output like his:
>>>
>>> LAST NAME |FIRST NAME  |BIRTHDAY
>>> Kerber          |Andrew           |Aug01
>>>
>>> That I want to look like this:
>>>
>>> LAST NAME|FIRST NAME|BIRTHDAY
>>> Kerber|Andrew|Aug01
>>>
>>
>>
>> sed 's# *|#|#g' infile
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Dimitre
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>


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Andrew W. Kerber

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