title: Awk uncorrect tab space
body: <p>I have some lines like the following saved into a txt file:</p>
  
  <pre><code> Mike Tyson    1    2    3    4    5
   Alì     1    2   3   4   5
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>every different fields are separated with a tab, but in the first field I could have 2 words separated only by a space.
  how can I have a correct interpretation by awk? I want only the values separated by tabs like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code> $a=mike tyson
   $b=1
   $c=2
   etc etc....
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>now, i'm using a while cycle to read each line, finished by</p>
  
  <pre><code> done &lt; &lt;(awk 'NR&gt;0' file.txt)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but this command sees the value "mike tyson" as two different fields.</p>