The correct option is:
E. tr -s ' ' < a.txt > b.txt
Explanation:
The tr command is used for translating or deleting characters. In this case, we want to reduce consecutive spaces down to a single space. The -s option in the tr command is used to squeeze or collapse consecutive occurrences of a character into a single occurrence.
Here's an explanation of each option:
A. tr '\s' ' ' < a.txt > b.txt : This command attempts to replace all whitespace characters with a single space. However, the usage of '\s' in the character set is incorrect. The '\s' is not recognized as a valid character class in tr .
B. tr -c ' ' < a.txt > b.txt : This command deletes all characters except spaces. It does not reduce consecutive spaces to a single space.
C. tr -d ' ' < a.txt > b.txt : This command deletes all occurrences of spaces. It does not reduce consecutive spaces to a single space.
D. tr -r ' ' '\n' < a.txt > b.txt : This command replaces all spaces with newlines. It does not reduce consecutive spaces to a single space.
E. tr -s ' ' < a.txt > b.txt : This is the correct command. It squeezes or collapses consecutive spaces into a single space. The resulting output will have consecutive spaces reduced to a single space.
The correct command to reduce all consecutive spaces down to a single space is:
E. tr -s ' ' < a.txt > b.txt
The -s option of the tr command squeezes repeated characters and replaces them with a single character. In this case, the repeated character is a space. Therefore, the command tr -s ' ' < a.txt > b.txt will read the input file a.txt, replace all consecutive spaces with a single space, and write the output to the file b.txt.
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