29 lines
635 B
Groff
29 lines
635 B
Groff
.TH trimblank "" "" "/rdb Command"
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.PC "Remove leading and trailing blanks from a string"
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\fBtrimblank [\fIstring\fB] [ < \fIfile\fB ]\fR
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.PP
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.II "string^trim white space"
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.II "white space^trim from string"
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The command
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.B trimblank
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trims all white-space characters from the beginning and end of
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.IR string .
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This is useful in shell programming, in which you need to trim white space
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from a string that has been padded (justified) with space characters.
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.SH Example
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The command
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.DM
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echo ' here is the good stuff ' | trimblank
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.DE
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.PP
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prints:
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.DM
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here is the good stuff
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.DE
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.SH "See Also"
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.B
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compresss,
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justify,
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trim
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.R
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