What if the number of lines of the original file is unknown ?
In my example I gave 3 lines but it can be anything between 1 and 20 lines.
In this case you will have to have some indication for a "record" being complete. Maybe you will need some record starting criteria too, for which one could match. Provide some data and i will provide some solution.
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Originally Posted by Browser_ice
I tried the combinations below which do not change anything or are not recognized
This is just a way to enter non-printing (control-) characters into vi: enter input mode, press "CTRL-V", then press CTRL-M (for example for "^M"). You should be still in input mode and see "^M" under the cursor.
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sed 's/.$//' does remove the ^M at the end of each line but then it is still a multi-line format.
It removes the last character in a line, regardless which character this is - this is the problem. You have to specifically match "^M" (CTRL-M) and throw that out. You can throw out linefeeds by searching for "\n". Try the following with some test file:
to see the effect: two lines combined to one and the linefeed is replaced by an at.
[quote]Is there a way to find out in VI what is the ascii value of the character under the cursor ?[/qoute]
Hi,
I have a situation where I want to replace some occurrences of ".jsp" into ".html" inside a text file.
For Example:
If a pattern found like <a href="http://www.mysite.com/mypage.jsp"> it should be retained.
But if a pattern found like <a href="../mypage.jsp"> it should be changed to... (4 Replies)
Hi I'm trying to replace text in a file based upon a pattern.
The pattern I'm looking for is:
<styleURL>#style0002</styleURL>
<name>#######6105#######</name>The # are seven alphanumeric characters before and after 6105.
I need it to replace that with this recursively:
... (4 Replies)
Hi
I need to create multiple text files from onc text file on AIX. The data of text files is as below:
**********************************************
**********************************************
DBVERIFY: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Tue Nov 10 13:45:42 2009
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i am editing a big log file with the following pattern:
Date: xxxx Updated: name
Some log file text here
Date: eee Updated: ny
Some log file text here
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Can someone help me with a sed command:
There will be multiple occurences in a file that look like this:
MyFunction(12c34r5)
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HI Folks,
I'm looking for a solution for this issue.
I want to find the Pattern 0/ and replace it with /. I'm just removing the leading zero. I can find the Pattern but it always puts literal value as a replacement.
What am I missing??
sed -e s/0\//\//g File1 > File2
edit by... (3 Replies)
I have a sample text format as given below
<Text Text_ID="10155645315851111_10155645333076543" From="460350337461111" Created="2011-03-16T17:05:37+0000" use_count="123">This is the first text</Text>
<Text Text_ID="10155645315851111_10155645317023456" From="1626711840902323"... (3 Replies)
i have a file which contains data seperated by comma. i want to replace text after 3rd occurrence of a comma.
the input file looks like this
abcdef,11/02/2015 11:55:47,1001,1234567812345678,12364,,abc
abcdefg,11/02/2015 11:55:47,01,1234567812345678,123,,abc
abcdefhih,11/02/2015... (4 Replies)
hi unix expert
is there any command in linux to repace a pattern in the text to another pattern?
many thanks
samad (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: abdossamad2003
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paste
PASTE(1) BSD General Commands Manual PASTE(1)NAME
paste -- merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
SYNOPSIS
paste [-s] [-d list] file ...
DESCRIPTION
The paste utility concatenates the corresponding lines of the given input files, replacing all but the last file's newline characters with a
single tab character, and writes the resulting lines to standard output. If end-of-file is reached on an input file while other input files
still contain data, the file is treated as if it were an endless source of empty lines.
The options are as follows:
-d list Use one or more of the provided characters to replace the newline characters instead of the default tab. The characters in list
are used circularly, i.e., when list is exhausted the first character from list is reused. This continues until a line from the
last input file (in default operation) or the last line in each file (using the -s option) is displayed, at which time paste
begins selecting characters from the beginning of list again.
The following special characters can also be used in list:
newline character
tab character
\ backslash character
Empty string (not a null character).
Any other character preceded by a backslash is equivalent to the character itself.
-s Concatenate all of the lines of each separate input file in command line order. The newline character of every line except the
last line in each input file is replaced with the tab character, unless otherwise specified by the -d option.
If '-' is specified for one or more of the input files, the standard input is used; standard input is read one line at a time, circularly,
for each instance of '-'.
EXAMPLES
List the files in the current directory in three columns:
ls | paste - - -
Combine pairs of lines from a file into single lines:
paste -s -d '
' myfile
Number the lines in a file, similar to nl(1):
sed = myfile | paste -s -d '
' - -
Create a colon-separated list of directories named bin, suitable for use in the PATH environment variable:
find / -name bin -type d | paste -s -d : -
DIAGNOSTICS
The paste utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO cut(1), lam(1)STANDARDS
The paste utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compatible.
HISTORY
A paste command appeared in Version 32V AT&T UNIX.
BUGS
Multibyte character delimiters cannot be specified with the -d option.
BSD September 20, 2001 BSD