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batch to delete blank spaces in txt
Name: frn2000 Date: May 10, 2005 at 08:48:27 Pacific OS: DOS
Comment:
I need to write a batch file that would look a flat file and delete blank spaces (two or more; not between a name and last name, for example). The flat file has data coming from a mainframe with a fixed width and delimited by tildes (~).
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: May 10, 2005 at 19:42:54 Pacific
Reply:
This is all but impossible using the tools that DOS provides.
You will need a 3rd party utility.
M2
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Response Number 2
Name: wizard-fred Date: May 11, 2005 at 01:20:17 Pacific
Reply:
Do you really need to delete the extra spaces? Many data bases can import fixed width token separated values. Is this a one time event or is it going to be run frequently? For a few times a text processor with search and replace can do this in a few minutes. A small program could be written in BASIC in a very short time.
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