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Old 06-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
Code:
 sed 's/\([^,]*\)/"&"/g' infile

This code is like some correct Smilie

Code:
# sed 's/\([^,]*\)/"&"/g' file
"153665031","abc","abc ","abc                                   "
"131278839","def","def ","dec                                   "
"179821481","efg","efg ","lmn"

can try this

Code:
# sed 's/\([^,]*\)/"&"/g' dos | sed 's/ *//g'
"153665031","abc","abc","abc"
"131278839","def","def","dec"
"179821481","efg","efg","lmn"

or

Code:
# sed 's/ //g' dos | sed 's/\(.*\),\(.*\),\(.*\),\(.*\)/"\1","\2","\3","\4"/'
"153665031","abc","abc","abc"
"131278839","def","def","dec"
"179821481","efg","efg","lmn"


Last edited by ygemici; 06-16-2010 at 10:53 AM..
 

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ECACCESS-EVENT-GRANT(1p)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				  ECACCESS-EVENT-GRANT(1p)

NAME
ecaccess-event-grant - Grant usage of an ECaccess Event SYNOPSIS
ecaccess-event-grant -version|-help|-manual ecaccess-event-grant [-debug] [-subscribe] [-notify] event-id user-list DESCRIPTION
Allow managing the Event permissions for a list of user(s). The permissions can be either subscribe, notify, both or none. In order to remove permissions to an Event for a list of users use this command with no -subscribe and -notify options. ARGUMENTS
event-id The identifier of the Event to grant. user-list The user(s) to give/remove the permissions. Multiple users should be separated by a column (e.g. abc,def). OPTIONS
-subscribe The user(s) specified in the user-list will be allowed to subscribe to the event-id (e.g. with the -eventIds option of the ecaccess-job-submit command). -notify The user(s) specified in the user-list will be allowed to send notifications to the event-id (e.g. with the ecaccess-event-send command). -version Display version number and exits. -help Print a brief help message and exits. -manual Prints the manual page and exits. -debug Display the SOAP messages exchanged. EXAMPLES
ecaccess-event-grant -subscribe 167 abc,def,jhi Allow the users abc, def and jhi to subscribe to this Event. ecaccess-event-grant 167 jkl Remove all rights to the Event for the user jkl. SEE ALSO
ecaccess-event-clear, ecaccess-event-delete, ecaccess-event-send, ecaccess-event-list, ecaccess-event-create and ecaccess. perl v5.14.2 2012-04-16 ECACCESS-EVENT-GRANT(1p)
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