I want to remove the spaces from a text file. the file is located at the server. Can anybody tell me the shell command to removed spaces (tabs) from the file?
I tried with $:%s/^M//g filename

Looking for an quick response.

Thanks
Nansat

Use vi. Then do :%s/ //g. Only way I know how to do it quick.

Please try "expand" command.

Regards,

Kozure

Try this -

$ tr -d ' ' < file-name > output-file-name

For more info you can look with man tr

tr(1) tr(1)

NAME
tr - translate characters
tr -d [-Ac] string1
-d Deletes all occurrences of input characters or collating elements found in the array specified in string1.

^M is the line feed character which comes when u transfer windows txt file in binary mode to unix . U can remove ^M by transferring the same in ASCII mode or alternatively use a command like 'dos2unix filename'.

Other suggestions too seem to be valid .