Work Flow to TRIM Clipboard text

[diego.gozer]

Hi Guys 

 

I work with a software that I need always copy from it and past somewhere else. I have a problem with it since it has a lot of unwanted spaces. 

 

For example:

"My text           has    a lot of        spaces"

 

I would like some workflow that removes all spaces from text except for single spaces between words. 

 

In my example would be like that: "My text has a lot of spaces"

 

Basically equal to the function TRIM on Microsoft Excel, 

 

I don't have experience with code, so I really appreciate some help. 

 

 

 

 

 

[deanishe]

Use a Run Script Action with Language = /usr/bin/python with input as argv
 
Script: 

import re
import sys
 
print(re.sub(' +', ' ', sys.argv[1]))

[diego.gozer]

Thank you, both answers helped a lot