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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat How to replace a particular string in a line Post 302275001 by Raju Datla on Friday 9th of January 2009 12:33:23 AM
Old 01-09-2009
Power How to replace a particular string in a line

I have a file with has the following data

abaddda;;;;;;;;asdfd;;;d;dadfewdff;f;v;v;v;;v;v;v;v;v;v;v;w;;
;frf;r;v;afd;f;ad;f;d;;va;;g;g;sd;a;dg;ag;ads;ga;dga;d;dsa;;;;
;;sd;df;asd;f;df;adf;adf;;df;df;;d;f;f;sf;df;f;df;;fd;f;f;sdfd;;;;


I want to replace every 13 th semicolon ; in everyline with two semicolons ;; , is this possible
 

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cgiwrap_init_emu(3)						   cgi/cgiwrap.h					       cgiwrap_init_emu(3)

NAME
cgiwrap_init_emu - initialize cgiwrap for emulated use SYNOPSIS
#include <cgi/cgiwrap.h> void cgiwrap_init_emu (void *data, READ_FUNC read_cb, WRITEF_FUNC writef_cb, WRITE_FUNC write_cb, GETENV_FUNC getenv_cb, PUTENV_FUNC putenv_cb, ITERENV_FUNC iterenv_cb); ARGUMENTS
data - user data to be passed to the specified callbacks read_cb - a cb to replace fread(stdin) writef_cb - a cb to repalce fprintf(stdout) write_cb - a cb to replace fwrite(stdout) getenv_cb - a cb to replace getenv putenv_cb - a cb to replace putenv iterenv_cb - a cb to replace the default environment iteration function (which just wraps walking the envp array) DESCRIPTION
cgiwrap_init_emu sets up the cgiwrap subsystem for use in an emulated environment where you are providing routines to use in place of the standard routines, ie when used to interface with a server or scripting language. See cgi/cgiwrap.h for the exact definitions of the call- back functions. RETURN VALUE
None SEE ALSO
cgiwrap_iterenv(3), cgiwrap_putenv(3), cgiwrap_init_emu(3), cgiwrap_writef(3), cgiwrap_init_std(3), cgiwrap_writevf(3), cgiwrap_read(3), cgiwrap_write(3), cgiwrap_getenv ClearSilver 12 July 2007 cgiwrap_init_emu(3)
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