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06-22-2012
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Search and replace command
Hi, I wanted to replace the character '~' with \n (carraige retrurn or new line character) I am tried the commands like Code:
s/~/\n/g s/~//\n/g but the commands says that no "No match exists for the substitute pattern". Last edited by methyl; 06-22-2012 at 07:19 AM.. |
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06-22-2012
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Code:
sed 's/~/\ /g' |
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06-22-2012
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Hi, Thanks for your reply, But I dont see any carriage return character metioned in your command. Moreover I tried the command that you provided but i dont see the result. Could you please suggest me anyother ways of doing it. My i/p file will look like Code:
ISA*00**00**02*CN*ZZ*RECEIVERID*060628*0035*U*00201*000000612*0*P*> ~GS*IM*CN*APPLICATION RECEIVER ID*20060628*0035*612*X*004010 ~ST*210*612001~B3*B*28061234*102141*PP**20060628*208360****CNRU ~N1*PR*PAYERNAME*25*772305B~N3*123NEWBRIDGEROAD .~N4*ETOBICOKE*ON ~N1*CN*CONSIGNEENAME*25*772305~N3*1800INKSTERBLVD~N4*WINNIPEG SYMING YAR*MB*R2X2Z5 ~N1*SF*SHIP FROM NAME*25*772305 ~ I have change this as Code:
ISA*00**00**02*CN*ZZ*RECEIVERID*060628*0035*U*00201*000000612*0*P*> GS*IM*CN*APPLICATION RECEIVER ID*20060628*0035*612*X*004010 ST*210*612001 B3*B*28061234*102141*PP**20060628*208360****CNRU N1*PR*PAYERNAME*25*772305B N3*123NEWBRIDGEROAD . N4*ETOBICOKE*ON N1*CN*CONSIGNEENAME*25*772305 N3*1800INKSTERBLVD N4*WINNIPEG SYMING YAR*MB*R2X2Z5 N1*SF*SHIP FROM NAME*25*772305 Last edited by methyl; 06-22-2012 at 07:15 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags. |
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06-22-2012
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You see the back-slash in the command? Right after it, I have pressed Enter (or Return). So, I am escaping the newline and telling sed to treat it as a new-line character for replacement...
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06-22-2012
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It gives syntax error for when I execute it in a script as you have mentioned.
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06-22-2012
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Try the unix
tr command: Code:
cat inputfile | tr '~' '\n' > outputfile I get a virtually perfect match to your sample output (including sporadic trailing space characters), except that the very last ~ causes a trailing blank line in the output file. Last edited by methyl; 06-22-2012 at 08:00 AM.. Reason: typos in wording |
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06-22-2012
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Elixir_sinari's suggestion should work fine. Make sure the backslash is the very last character on the first line. Alternative sed that does allow \n : Code:
sed 'y/~/\n/' infile |
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