Fixed length file & leading spaces

[Kenneth Brody]

Dennis Malen wrote:
> 
> Ken,
> 
> Your the best. That's all I needed.

Thanks.

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> The Problem:
> 
> A fixed length file is created without the use of -x because we are trying to
> use -a. All the fields created are exported perfectly, except for the first
> field which has leading spaces. In that case the field moves left causing the
> file to be out of sync for the receiver of the file who is expecting a certain
> length.

No.  You are exporting _one_field_!!!  It is this _one_field_ that has
its leading and trailing spaces stripped.  There is nothing special about
the "first field".  _Every_ field you export without the "-x" flag will
have its leading and trailing spaces stripped.

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