script for equal spacing.

[rajeshhariharan22]

hi i ve a file list.txt in this manner

0.5303nS 2.0830V 2.0080V 2.2090V
0.5556nS 2.0830V 2.0070V 2.2120V
0.5808nS 2.0830V 2.0070V 2.2150V
0.6061nS 2.0840V 2.0070V 2.2200V
0.6313nS 2.0850V 2.0070V 2.2260V
0.6566nS 2.0870V 2.0060V 2.2340V
0.6818nS 2.0900V 2.0060V 2.2440V

i need to align the values in the list with equal spacing without any tab characters.
expected output:

0.5303nS 2.0830V 2.0080V 2.2090V
0.5556nS 2.0830V 2.0070V 2.2120V
0.5808nS 2.0830V 2.0070V 2.2150V
0.6061nS 2.0840V 2.0070V 2.2200V
0.6313nS 2.0850V 2.0070V 2.2260V
0.6566nS 2.0870V 2.0060V 2.2340V
0.6818nS 2.0900V 2.0060V 2.2440V

[Franklin52]

Try this:

awk '$1=$1' list.txt > newfile

Regards

[rajeshhariharan22]

hey thanks a lot

but if my file consists of a few text before the numeric values ,how will allign only my numeric values without changing the text allignment

[Franklin52]

Post an example of the input file and the desired output. Use code tags to keep the format (alignment).

[kbrandt]

Because your before and after are the same I am not entirely sure of what you are after. I think what you are probably looking for is the column utility, 'man column' . If you want to achive equal spacing through scripting I made a post about it here: Kyle Brandt: Bash: Getting Command Line Columns to Line up

Hope this helps,
Kyle

[vsemaska]

Because your before and after are the same I am not entirely sure of what you are after.

The before and after probably wasn't the same. The forum software removes extra whitespace.

This line has triple spaces between words

This   line   has   triple   spaces   between   words