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 >> >> -- >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> >> >> > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'