Whiteout

Filter:

WHITEOUT

Syntax:

WHITEOUT

Operands:

None

Functional Description:

Use the WHITEOUT stage to replace all whitespace characters with a SPACE (x'20') Reads records from its primary input stream, compares and replaces characters of TAB, CR, LF, x'0B' and \f with the character x'20' (SPACE) and writes the resulting records to its primary output stream, if it is connected. There is a one to one correspondence of character replacement. The output record has the same length as the input record.

Secondary Input/Output:

NONE

Synonyms:

none

Usage Notes:



The following example will remove all TABs in the text file:

WHITEOUT



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