Removing spaces from columns of a CSV file in bash

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Published on 2012-06-27T14:37:22Z Indexed on 2012/06/27 15:16 UTC
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I have a CSV file in which every column contains unnecessary spaces(or tabs) after the actual value. I want to create a new CSV file removing all the spaces using bash.

For example

One line in input CSV file

value1             ;value2              ;value3              ;value4

same line in output csv file should be

value1;value2;value3;value4

I tried using awk to trim each column but it didnt work. Can anyone please help me on this ?

Thanks in advance :)

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