01-17-2002
sed across multiple files
I've got a bunch of files (40 or so) and in each there is a substitution I need to perform.
I execuet the following sed command but it just make the changes to the screen without affecting the original file.
sed "s/, LA/,LA/g" *
(All files in the directory need this update).
So I tried redirecting...
for x in *
do
sed "s/, LA/,LA/g" $x > new_$x
done
And that worked. But I'm not sure about renaming the files back to what they were. mv obviously doesnt' like the wildcards and I'm not sure how to convert back.
I'd also like to know if there is a way to do this without piping to a new file...
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ch_lab
CH_LAB(1) BSD General Commands Manual CH_LAB(1)
NAME
ch_lab -- change/copy label files
SYNOPSIS
ch_lab [-S frame spacing] [-start time] [-end time] [-ext file extension] [-extract file] [-extend time] [-f sample frequency]
[-lf sample frequency] [-itype file type] [-key key file] [-lablist list of labels] [-length time] [-map map file]
[-name feature name] [-class class] [-o output file] [-otype file type] [-pad high | low] [-pos list of labels] [-q timestep]
[-range range] [-sed sed file] [fl shift time delta] [-style output stype] [-vocab vocab file] [-verify] [-nopath] [-base] [-combine]
[-divide] [-h] input files ...
DESCRIPTION
ch_lab copies from one or more input label files to an output label file, optionally performing various operations along the way.
The following option flags are recognized:
-h Print a summary of usage to standard output.
-S frame spacing
frame spacing of output
-start time
start time, in seconds, for label extraction
-end time
end time, in seconds, for label extraction
-ext file extension
filename extension to use for multiple output files
-extract file
extract a single file from a list of files
-extend time
extend track file by time seconds beyond label file
-f sample frequency
sample frequency of label file
-lf sample frequency
sample frequency for labels
-itype file type
type of input label file: esps htk ogi
-key key file
key label file
-lablist list
list of labels to be considered as blank
-length time
length of track produced, in seconds
-map map file
label mapping file
-name feature name
eg. Fo Phoneme
-class class
name of class defined in op file
-o output file
output file name
-otype file type
output file type: xmg, ascii, esps, htk
-pad high | low
pad with high or low values
-pos list
list of labels to be regarded as 'pos'
-q timestep
quantize label timings to nearst value
-range range
difference between high and low values
-sed sed file
perform regex editing using sed file
fl shift time delta
shift the times of the labels
-style output style
output style e.g. track
-vocab file
file containing list of words in vocabulary
-verify
check that only labels in vocab file are in label file
-nopath
ignore pathnames when searching label lists
-base
use base filenames for lists of label files
-combine
-divide
SEE ALSO
ch_wave(1) ch_track(1)
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