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help w/ awk

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From: Derek
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1995 00:00
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We are in a pickle here and need some help.  We want to 
take each line in a file that looks like:

	"john   ","  Smith","       ","Fresno, CA"

and strip the stuff to look like:

	"john","Smith","","Fresno, CA"

In SCO Unix I use the statement:

	awk '{gsub("  "," ");print > "newfile"}' oldfile

using different variations of the gsub( , ) statement to
strip out the blank stuff.  However on a system running
Unix Texas Instruments SYStem V, it doesn't understand the
gsub( ,) statement.

Do you have any suggestions of awk statements that can 
do the search and replace i'm suggesting ??

Please respond by direct e-mail if possible to
dereks@cs.osiris.csufresno.edu
OR
6500derk@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu

Thanks.
Derek
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From: 6500derk@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Derek)
Subject: help w/ awk
Date: 1995/04/07
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