You can use ${out%% *} to get rid of the additional space. Patrick On 07/15/2012 02:25 PM, Brian Wood wrote: > Here's what I've got now: > > out=$(md5sum direct.tar.bz2 > sed "s/sum: [0-9a-f]*/sum: ${out% *}/" ../build_integration.html > newfile > > That's working except it adds a space after the new checksum. > That would be OK if it were just one space, but each time I run > the script another space is added. > > > Brian Wood > Ebenezer Enterprises > http://webEbenezer.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120715/01343b3d/attachment.html>