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Re: [ADD TO FAQ] : cut : using space as input delimiter


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: [ADD TO FAQ] : cut : using space as input delimiter
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:02:02 +0100
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seb_kramm <address@hidden> writes:

> Ah. Is that a problem ? I mean, when I talk about the space character as a
> field-separator, to me, it's the same if there is 1 or 2 or more
> spaces. Like in a source code, it doesn't matter how much spaces or tabs
> there are.

In python, for example, leading space is significant.

Andreas.

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