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match whitespace at start of line
Hi,
please forgive newbie confusion.
using GNU Awk 3.5.1 on Cygwin.
how can I match one or more
spaces and/or tabs at the
start of a line?
Thanks, Jeff Higgins
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 oohiggins (266)
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10/19/2005 3:23:09 PM |
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Jeff Higgins wrote:
> Hi,
> please forgive newbie confusion.
> using GNU Awk 3.5.1 on Cygwin.
>
> how can I match one or more
> spaces and/or tabs at the
> start of a line?
>
> Thanks, Jeff Higgins
>
>
awk '/^[ \t]+/'
Regards,
Steffen
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 Steffen
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10/19/2005 3:30:11 PM
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Steffen Schuler wrote:
> Jeff Higgins wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> please forgive newbie confusion.
>> using GNU Awk 3.5.1 on Cygwin.
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>> how can I match one or more
>> spaces and/or tabs at the
>> start of a line?
As an RE for one of the *sub() commands to replace, or just a pattern to
match as the condition part of the awk body?
>> Thanks, Jeff Higgins
>>
> awk '/^[ \t]+/'
No need for the "+" in that case.
Ed.
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10/19/2005 3:36:50 PM
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<SNIP>
As a match pattern.
Please see my forthcoming post.
Thank you and Steffen very much for your help.
Jeff Higgins
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Jeff
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10/19/2005 4:41:13 PM
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