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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers unix command to insert double quotes in a delimited file Post 302429981 by ygemici on Wednesday 16th of June 2010 09:47:34 AM
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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HTMLSPECIALCHARS_DECODE(3)						 1						HTMLSPECIALCHARS_DECODE(3)

htmlspecialchars_decode - Convert special HTML entities back to characters

SYNOPSIS
string htmlspecialchars_decode (string $string, [int $flags = ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401]) DESCRIPTION
This function is the opposite of htmlspecialchars(3). It converts special HTML entities back to characters. The converted entities are: &, " (when ENT_NOQUOTES is not set), ' (when ENT_QUOTES is set), < and >. PARAMETERS
o $string - The string to decode. o $flags - A bitmask of one or more of the following flags, which specify how to handle quotes and which document type to use. The default is ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401. Available $flags constants +--------------+---------------------------------------------------+ |Constant Name | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | | | | ENT_COMPAT | | | | | | | Will convert double-quotes and leave single- | | | quotes alone. | | | | | | | | ENT_QUOTES | | | | | | | Will convert both double and single quotes. | | | | | | | |ENT_NOQUOTES | | | | | | | Will leave both double and single quotes uncon- | | | verted. | | | | | | | | ENT_HTML401 | | | | | | | Handle code as HTML 4.01. | | | | | | | | ENT_XML1 | | | | | | | Handle code as XML 1. | | | | | | | | ENT_XHTML | | | | | | | Handle code as XHTML. | | | | | | | | ENT_HTML5 | | | | | | | Handle code as HTML 5. | | | | +--------------+---------------------------------------------------+ RETURN VALUES
Returns the decoded string. CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+ |Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ | 5.4.0 | | | | | | | The constants ENT_HTML401, ENT_XML1, ENT_XHTML | | | and ENT_HTML5 were added. | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ EXAMPLES
Example #1 A htmlspecialchars_decode(3) example <?php $str = "<p>this -&gt; &quot;</p> "; echo htmlspecialchars_decode($str); // note that here the quotes aren't converted echo htmlspecialchars_decode($str, ENT_NOQUOTES); ?> The above example will output: <p>this -> "</p> <p>this -> &quot;</p> SEE ALSO
htmlspecialchars(3), html_entity_decode(3), get_html_translation_table(3). PHP Documentation Group HTMLSPECIALCHARS_DECODE(3)
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