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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm on Linux version 2.6.32-696.3.1.el6.x86_64, using the Ksh shell.
I'm working with the input file:
John Daggett, 341 King Road, Plymouth MA
Alice Ford, 22 East Broadway, Richmond VA
Orville Thomas, 11345 Oak Bridge Road, Tulsa OK
Terry Kalkas, 402 Lans Road, Beaver Falls PA
Eric Adams,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: prooney
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a CSV with carriage returns in place of newlines. I am trying to use tr to remove them, but it isn't working.
Academic year,Term,Course name,Period,Last name,Nickname
2012-2013,First Semester,English 12,4th Period,Arnold,Adam
2012-2013,First Semester,English 12,4th Period,Adams,Jim... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: nextyoyoma
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have a directory of over a hundred text files that I'm getting ready to merge with the CAT command. However there is only one space after each file; this makes the output look crowded.
I would like to add two, possibly even four carriage returns at the end of each text file to make the final... (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to generate some scripts to help manage an Oracle database. When I check the value returned from Oracle it has a leading carriage return in the variable. Is there a way to prevent this? Is there a way to easily strip out the carriage return. See code and output below.
... (7 Replies)
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5. Emergency UNIX and Linux Support
Hello,
I need help adding carriage returns at specific intervals (say 692 characters) to a text file that's one continous string. I'm working in AIX5.3. Any quick help is appreciated.
Thanks! (2 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have a text file that looks like this:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
I want it to be reformatted to
A;B;C;
D;E;F;
G;H;I; (4 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, I have read a few threads on this subject and tried a few things out, but still come up short.
There was one good example, then the last reply was something to the effect of 'Use Sed' & 'Read a book'...
Well I read a bunch of online tutorials on sed, awk, tr, but still can't get the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Majiktom
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to replace thousands of carriage returns/line breaks in a large xml file and with spaces. I hope to do so with a script, called, for example, "removeCRs." I would invoke this at the command line as
ml5003$ sed -f /Users/ml5003/removeCRs oldFile > newFile
The script, I presume, would... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: ml5003
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
How do we delete all carriage returns after a particular string using sed inside a K Shell?
e.g. I have a text file named file1 below:
$ more file1
Group#=1 User=A
Role=a1
Group#=2 User=B
Role=a1
Role=b1
Group#=3 User=C
Role=b1
I want the carriage returns to be delete on the... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: stevefox
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Is there any way to remove carriage retuns between the records?
We have input records separated by TABS and have carriage returns as below:
123 456 789 ABC "1952.00" 678 "abcdef
ghik
lmno"
Above we... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: acheepi
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is a text formatter. Its input consists of the text to be out-
put, intermixed with formatting commands. A formatting command
is a line containing the control character followed by a two
character command name, and possibly one or more arguments. The
control character is initially . (dot). The formatted output is
produced on standard output. The formatting commands are listed
below, with being a number, being a character, and being a title.
A + before n means it may be signed, indicating a positive or
negative change from the current value. Initial values for where
relevant, are given in parentheses.
.ad Adjust right margin.
.ar Arabic page numbers.
.br Line break. Subsequent text will begin on a new line.
.bl n Insert n blank lines.
.bp +n Begin new page and number it n. No n means +1.
.cc c Control character is set to c.
.ce n Center the next n input lines.
.de zz Define a macro called zz. A line with .. ends definition.
.ds Double space the output. Same as .ls 2.
.ef t Even page footer title is set to t.
.eh t Even page header title is set to t.
.fi Begin filling output lines as full as possible.
.fo t Footer titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hc c The character c (e.g., %) tells roff where hyphens are permitted.
.he t Header titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hx Header titles are suppressed.
.hy n Hyphenation is done if n is 1, suppressed if it is 0. Default is 1.
.ig Ignore input lines until a line beginning with .. is found.
.in n Indent n spaces from the left margin; force line break.
.ix n Same as .in but continue filling output on current line.
.li n Literal text on next n lines. Copy to output unmodified.
.ll +n Line length (including indent) is set to n (65).
.ls +n Line spacing: n (1) is 1 for single spacing, 2 for double, etc.
.m1 n Insert n (2) blank lines between top of page and header.
.m2 n Insert n (2) blank lines between header and start of text.
.m3 n Insert n (1) blank lines between end of text and footer.
.m4 n Insert n (3) blank lines between footer and end of page.
.na No adjustment of the right margin.
.ne n Need n lines. If fewer are left, go to next page.
.nn +n The next n output lines are not numbered.
.n1 Number output lines in left margin starting at 1.
.n2 n Number output lines starting at n. If 0, stop numbering.
.ni +n Indent line numbers by n (0) spaces.
.nf No more filling of lines.
.nx f Switch input to file f.
.of t Odd page footer title is set to t.
.oh t Odd page header title is set to t.
.pa +n Page adjust by n (1). Same as .bp
.pl +n Paper length is n (66) lines.
.po +n Page offset. Each line is started with n (0) spaces.
.ro Page numbers are printed in Roman numerals.
.sk n Skip n pages (i.e., make them blank), starting with next one.
.sp n Insert n blank lines, except at top of page.
.ss Single spacing. Equivalent to .ls 1.
.ta Set tab stops, e.g., .ta 9 17 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 (default).
.tc c Tabs are expanded into c. Default is space.
.ti n Indent next line n spaces; then go back to previous indent.
.tr ab Translate a into b on output.
.ul n Underline the letters and numbers in the next n lines.