aws vs sed

fight

#!/bin/bash

echo "Here's what we're parsing"
cat -T input

echo ''
echo "First, we try awk and then cut"
echo ''

set -o xtrace

awk '{ print $1 "\t" $2 }' input

tr -s '[:blank:]' "\t" <input | cut -f 1,2

input

a b
a  b
a    b
a	b