sed problem

bhaizone · #1 (**permalink**) 05-04-06, 04:04

I want to get the output in the form

DATE/TIme FILENAME

May 2 05:14 www.log

The space between the time value and file name should be three tab spaces. if I try to use the command sed 's/ */ /g' then all the spaces are filled with tab spaces....how do I get the tab spaces just before the file name.

pdreyer · #2 (**permalink**) 05-04-06, 06:12

Try this

Code:

# cat /tmp/f1                                                            
Apr 30 05:14 www.log
May  2 06:14 some file with spaces in the name
# sed 's/\(............\) \(.*\)/\1                     \2/' /tmp/f1
Apr 30 05:14                    www.log
May  2 06:14                    some file with spaces in the name

Or

Code:

# sed 's/\(.*\):\(..\) \(.*\)/\1:\2                     \3/' /tmp/f1
Apr 30 05:14                    www.log
May  2 06:14                    some file with spaces in the name

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