When I search for \s\s+ to replace with “ “, lines in column 1 and 2 get concatenated, unless text line in column 1 ends in punctuation mark. Please provide expression to normalize whitespaces w/o losing multi-column data structure.
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That's because the file is TAB-separated, and \s includes TABs. If you are interested in only spaces, please use + or {2,} instead.
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Thanks, Yutaka. But this expression finds all the text, none of the white spaces. I still need to find 2 or more consecutive whitespaces to remove them with one. – Georg Kirchner Aug 25 '22 at 17:23
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Sorry, I've updated my answer. – Yutaka Aug 25 '22 at 17:50
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“ {2,}” works well. Thanks!! – Georg Kirchner Aug 25 '22 at 19:16