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That did not work for me. What shell are you using?
– four43
Commented Jun 11, 2019 at 22:55
Did not work in bash 4.4.19 in Ubuntu. It did not remove the spacing before line1 and line2
– four43
Commented Jun 12, 2019 at 20:22
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@four43, You were right. Does not work to remove leading spaces. However, does remove leading tabs. So I corrected my answer from tabs and spaces, to tabs and not spaces. Sorry for the mistake. I checked the manual and it clearly just says tabs are removed. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
– Elliptical view
Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 23:03
It works with bash and zsh on MacOS 11.4. Great tip!
– Philipp
Commented Jun 6, 2021 at 22:03
ProTip: Use double quotes around your delimiter to escape things, like "xx".
– Joshua Pinter
Commented May 3, 2022 at 21:16

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