Or maybe tr -d '[:space:]'
??? -kto On Dec 4, 2013, at 3:48 AM, Dave Pointon wrote: > On Wed, 2013-12-04 at 10:45 +0100, Erik Joelsson wrote: >> Hello Mike, >> >> I think sed on some platforms doesn't support the [[:space:]] >> expression. I tried the line on a Solaris machine and it didn't work. >> >> /Erik >> > <snip> > > I concur with you Erik, character classes are only proven to work > with/in perl 5 across all platforms. I suggest that the need to parse > whitespace can be eliminated entirely by using awk(1) with a > field-delimiter of '=' thus realizing a simpler solution all together, > viz ... > > if [[ -z "$OUTPWS" ]]; then > OUTPWS=`awk -F'=' '/^default(-push)/{print $NF}' .hg/hgrc || > $FILTER` > fi > > > Rgds , > > -- > Dave Pointon FIAP MBCS > > Now I saw, tho' too late, the folly of beginning a work before we count > the cost and before we we judge rightly of our strength to go thro' > with it - Robinson Crusoe >