How to strip out white space of a filename












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Opering System : RHEL 7



Bash Script:



V_No=10.8.3
BUILD_VERSION=`echo ${V_No} | tr ' ' '_'`
echo "File Name: Dev-${BUILD_VERSION}.jar"


output:



File Name: Dev-10.8.3
.jar


expected output:



File Name: Dev-10.8.3.jar









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    Did you write the script on windows and transfer it to linux? Copying and pasting that to my mache it works as designed.
    – tink
    Dec 13 at 4:28










  • are you getting any of these data via ssh or copying and pasting data from Windows? using WSL?
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    Dec 13 at 4:46












  • I wrote a script on Linux Machine.
    – itgeek
    Dec 13 at 13:23










  • There are no spaces in V_No -- what's the point of that tr command?
    – Jeff Schaller
    Dec 13 at 13:40










  • I do not know if space is thereafter V_No so, I used tr to truncate the if any whitespaces. Please suggest me if you have anything
    – itgeek
    Dec 13 at 13:45


















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Opering System : RHEL 7



Bash Script:



V_No=10.8.3
BUILD_VERSION=`echo ${V_No} | tr ' ' '_'`
echo "File Name: Dev-${BUILD_VERSION}.jar"


output:



File Name: Dev-10.8.3
.jar


expected output:



File Name: Dev-10.8.3.jar









share|improve this question




















  • 5




    Did you write the script on windows and transfer it to linux? Copying and pasting that to my mache it works as designed.
    – tink
    Dec 13 at 4:28










  • are you getting any of these data via ssh or copying and pasting data from Windows? using WSL?
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    Dec 13 at 4:46












  • I wrote a script on Linux Machine.
    – itgeek
    Dec 13 at 13:23










  • There are no spaces in V_No -- what's the point of that tr command?
    – Jeff Schaller
    Dec 13 at 13:40










  • I do not know if space is thereafter V_No so, I used tr to truncate the if any whitespaces. Please suggest me if you have anything
    – itgeek
    Dec 13 at 13:45
















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Opering System : RHEL 7



Bash Script:



V_No=10.8.3
BUILD_VERSION=`echo ${V_No} | tr ' ' '_'`
echo "File Name: Dev-${BUILD_VERSION}.jar"


output:



File Name: Dev-10.8.3
.jar


expected output:



File Name: Dev-10.8.3.jar









share|improve this question















Opering System : RHEL 7



Bash Script:



V_No=10.8.3
BUILD_VERSION=`echo ${V_No} | tr ' ' '_'`
echo "File Name: Dev-${BUILD_VERSION}.jar"


output:



File Name: Dev-10.8.3
.jar


expected output:



File Name: Dev-10.8.3.jar






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  • 5




    Did you write the script on windows and transfer it to linux? Copying and pasting that to my mache it works as designed.
    – tink
    Dec 13 at 4:28










  • are you getting any of these data via ssh or copying and pasting data from Windows? using WSL?
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    Dec 13 at 4:46












  • I wrote a script on Linux Machine.
    – itgeek
    Dec 13 at 13:23










  • There are no spaces in V_No -- what's the point of that tr command?
    – Jeff Schaller
    Dec 13 at 13:40










  • I do not know if space is thereafter V_No so, I used tr to truncate the if any whitespaces. Please suggest me if you have anything
    – itgeek
    Dec 13 at 13:45
















  • 5




    Did you write the script on windows and transfer it to linux? Copying and pasting that to my mache it works as designed.
    – tink
    Dec 13 at 4:28










  • are you getting any of these data via ssh or copying and pasting data from Windows? using WSL?
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    Dec 13 at 4:46












  • I wrote a script on Linux Machine.
    – itgeek
    Dec 13 at 13:23










  • There are no spaces in V_No -- what's the point of that tr command?
    – Jeff Schaller
    Dec 13 at 13:40










  • I do not know if space is thereafter V_No so, I used tr to truncate the if any whitespaces. Please suggest me if you have anything
    – itgeek
    Dec 13 at 13:45










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5




Did you write the script on windows and transfer it to linux? Copying and pasting that to my mache it works as designed.
– tink
Dec 13 at 4:28




Did you write the script on windows and transfer it to linux? Copying and pasting that to my mache it works as designed.
– tink
Dec 13 at 4:28












are you getting any of these data via ssh or copying and pasting data from Windows? using WSL?
– Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 13 at 4:46






are you getting any of these data via ssh or copying and pasting data from Windows? using WSL?
– Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 13 at 4:46














I wrote a script on Linux Machine.
– itgeek
Dec 13 at 13:23




I wrote a script on Linux Machine.
– itgeek
Dec 13 at 13:23












There are no spaces in V_No -- what's the point of that tr command?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 13:40




There are no spaces in V_No -- what's the point of that tr command?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 13 at 13:40












I do not know if space is thereafter V_No so, I used tr to truncate the if any whitespaces. Please suggest me if you have anything
– itgeek
Dec 13 at 13:45






I do not know if space is thereafter V_No so, I used tr to truncate the if any whitespaces. Please suggest me if you have anything
– itgeek
Dec 13 at 13:45












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MY_NEW_VAR=$(echo $BUILD_VERSION | sed -e 's/r//g')

echo "File Name: Dev-${MY_NEW_VAR}.jar"


output:



 File Name: Dev-10.8.3.ta





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    Here's answer



    MY_NEW_VAR=$(echo $BUILD_VERSION | sed -e 's/r//g')

    echo "File Name: Dev-${MY_NEW_VAR}.jar"


    output:



     File Name: Dev-10.8.3.ta





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      Here's answer



      MY_NEW_VAR=$(echo $BUILD_VERSION | sed -e 's/r//g')

      echo "File Name: Dev-${MY_NEW_VAR}.jar"


      output:



       File Name: Dev-10.8.3.ta





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        MY_NEW_VAR=$(echo $BUILD_VERSION | sed -e 's/r//g')

        echo "File Name: Dev-${MY_NEW_VAR}.jar"


        output:



         File Name: Dev-10.8.3.ta





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        MY_NEW_VAR=$(echo $BUILD_VERSION | sed -e 's/r//g')

        echo "File Name: Dev-${MY_NEW_VAR}.jar"


        output:



         File Name: Dev-10.8.3.ta






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