Re: Need help for import of text file - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Bex
Subject Re: Need help for import of text file
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Msg-id 20121215212215.GN4254@frohike.homeunix.org
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In response to Re: Need help for import of text file  (Peter Bex <Peter.Bex@xs4all.nl>)
Responses Re: Need help for import of text file  (Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>)
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On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:16:55PM +0100, Peter Bex wrote:
> A simple sed(1) expression should do the trick:
>
> sed -E 's/ +/ /g' old-file > new-file

I just remembered where I could check, and the GNU sed equivalent is:

sed -r 's/ +/ /g' old-file > new-file

Sorry for the confusion.

Cheers,
Peter
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