Leen de Braal wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Need some help with sed:
> 
> I have a txt file that contains some 15000 lines, where i want to bring in
> some structure.
> First is to replace the first (only the first) space in the line with a
> <TAB>.
> After that I want to delete a given number of characters that always begin
> with the same sequence, but may have different contents. Beginning is
> always the same, and length to delete is also always the same.
> 
> I used sed 's/^ /\t/' txtfile, but I do not get a tab. Besides, this might
> do more then just the first space, I guess.
> 
> Could someone shed some more light here?

Something like:

sed 's/\s/\t/' test-file | sed 's/pattern......//'

Cheers, Dave
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