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From: sz9njm@sun32.hqs.mid.gmeds.com (Simon Eric T)
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Subject: Info: Script to Remove Trailing Blanks
Date: 9 Mar 1995 15:55:13 -0600
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Are you talking about in Unix?


% cat file | sed 's/[(space)(tab)]*$//g'




Instead of (space), put a space character
Instead of (tab), put a tab character


This command says, replace a space or a tab (the characters in the [] brackets),
     any number of occurences (the *),
     which precede the end-of-line (the $),
     and replace it with nothing.


regards - Eric