sed - simple question

scotty_123 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-28-2007

Hello

My file looks like that =>

12.56 have then 7888778.2566 what 44454.54545
878787.66565 if else 4445.54545455

I want to change all '.' on ',' .
I'm trying to do it with sed but I don't know chow to build regular expression to
change 454.4466 on 454,4466 ?

zazzybob · #2 (**permalink**) 03-28-2007

tr '.' ',' < infile > outfile

ghostdog74 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-28-2007

Code:

sed 's/\./,/g'

Got to put a backslash before "." to indicate an actual dot.

scotty_123 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-29-2007

sed 's/\./,/g' - the command change all '.' on ',' in the file , but I want change
only dots in numbers .

dennis.jacob · #5 (**permalink**) 03-29-2007

Code:

sed 's/[0-9]\.[0-9]/,/g' filename

anbu23 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-29-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by scotty_123

sed 's/\./,/g' - the command change all '.' on ',' in the file , but I want change
only dots in numbers .

Code:

sed -e "s/\([0-9]\)\./\1,/g" -e "s/\.\([0-9]\)/,\1/g" file

anbu23 · #7 (**permalink**) 03-29-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by jacoden

Code:

sed 's/[0-9]\.[0-9]/,/g' filename

This will remove numbers before and after dot

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