Reduce number of white spaces [duplicate]

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I need to reduce number of white spaces in large number of files. For example:

tree house big small like go down up nice good 2323'0'-., 123 1234lk

I want it to be like this:

 tree house big small like go down up nice good 2323'0'-., 123 1234lk

It should go by logic somthing like this but I don't know how to do it: one white space | one or more white spaces | any sign character not whitespace | one whitespace

in Replace section it should be somthing like: one whitespace | &1 | one whitespace

This is some logic but if I knew how to do it I would not ask questions.

Regards, Nebojsa

Something like \s+(\S+)\s+ -> " \1 "? Or \s{2,} -> " ". — Wiktor Stribiżew
– Wiktor Stribiżew, Commented Oct 21, 2016 at 8:41

Michał M · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21 08:46:09Z

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in notepad++

\s{2,}

change to simple space

answered Oct 21, 2016 at 8:46

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user3082821 Over a year ago

This is solution. Simple and perfect.

Michael Piankov · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21 08:41:47Z

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You need simple regex.

 regexp_replace(str,'\s+',' ','m');

'm' - modification for multiline

answered Oct 21, 2016 at 8:41

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