I have a file with lots of line feeds and form feeds (page break). Need to replace last occurrence of form feed (created by - echo "\f" ) in the file with line feed.
What tools can I use to accomplish this?
I'm writing a shell script to analyze an inittab file. Here's a sample file:
init:3:initdefault:
ioin::sysinit:/sbin/ioinitrc >/dev/console 2>&1
tape::sysinit:/sbin/mtinit > /dev/console 2>&1
muxi::sysinit:/sbin/dasetup </dev/console >/dev/console... (10 Replies)
Hi,
I've a text file that has a formfeed character at the beginning.
I want to get rid of this formfeed character using sed.
But I don't know how to specify the formfeed character.
I've tried \014 (octal for formfeed), \f but still not works.
Regards,
Johnny (5 Replies)
I connected a serial printer to my scoOpenServer which works great. I was able to disable the banner in the interface of the printer. However i am unable to find the command in the interface to disable the formfeed . Below is a copy of the interface file. Please can anyone instruct me on how to... (0 Replies)
hi all,
i have csv file with three comma separated columns
i/p file
First_Name, Address, Last_Name
XXX, "456 New albany \n newyork, Unitedstates \n 45322-33", YYY\n
ZZZ, "654 rifle park \n toronto, canada \n 43L-w3b", RRR\n
is there any way i can remove \n (newline) from the second... (1 Reply)
I am have an issue with the carrige or line feed chars showing up on info converted to a pdf file from a Orcale tool. Any direction would be appericated.
ex.
John doe 12435 1 232344 1
Jane doe 12435 1 424343 1
when should be like this
John doe... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am new to printing with Unix (AIX on HP).
I am printing from a COBOL program.
On our test system the page prints and does a Form Feed to the next page. This is good.
When I release the program to our customer it prints the page but waits 5 or more seconds before doing a page... (11 Replies)
Hello all,
I have data like
"1"|"My_name"|"My_Email"|"My_Last"|My_other"
"2"|"My_name"|"My_Email"|"My_Last"|My_other"
"3"|"My_name"|"My_Email"|"
"|My_other"
"1"|"My_name"|"My_Email"|"My_Last"|My_other"
Need output like
"1"|"My_name"|"My_Email"|"My_Last"|My_other"... (10 Replies)
Please use code tags for sample data
Hi
I have a file where there are line feeds in the data. I am not able to read the file from an application. I exported this data from Access database and many columns contain line feed.
My data looks like this
abcd,efgh,ijkl,mnop
abcd,ef... (7 Replies)
Hello.
First happy new year to everybody.
I have a script that generate a text file ( /tmp/part_list.txt for example ).
This file can be edited using a kde graphical text editor like kate or kwrite
The file can be printed out from command line or within the text editor using the print... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: jcdole
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
col
COL(1) BSD General Commands Manual COL(1)NAME
col -- filter reverse line feeds from input
SYNOPSIS
col [-bfhpx] [-l num]
DESCRIPTION
The col utility filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so that the output is in the correct order with only forward and half for-
ward line feeds, and replaces white-space characters with tabs where possible. This can be useful in processing the output of nroff(1) and
tbl(1).
The col utility reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output.
The options are as follows:
-b Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character written to each column position.
-f Forward half line feeds are permitted (``fine'' mode). Normally characters printed on a half line boundary are printed on the fol-
lowing line.
-h Don't output multiple spaces instead of tabs (default).
-l num Buffer at least num lines in memory. By default, 128 lines are buffered.
-p Force unknown control sequences to be passed through unchanged. Normally, col will filter out any control sequences from the input
other than those recognized and interpreted by itself, which are listed below.
-x Output multiple spaces instead of tabs.
The control sequences for carriage motion that col understands and their decimal values are listed in the following table:
ESC-7 reverse line feed (escape then 7)
ESC-8 half reverse line feed (escape then 8)
ESC-9 half forward line feed (escape then 9)
backspace moves back one column (8); ignored in the first column
carriage return (13)
newline forward line feed (10); also does carriage return
shift in shift to normal character set (15)
shift out shift to alternate character set (14)
space moves forward one column (32)
tab moves forward to next tab stop (9)
vertical tab reverse line feed (11)
All unrecognized control characters and escape sequences are discarded.
The col utility keeps track of the character set as characters are read and makes sure the character set is correct when they are output.
If the input attempts to back up to the last flushed line, col will display a warning message.
SEE ALSO expand(1), nroff(1), tbl(1)STANDARDS
The col utility conforms to Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification (``SUSv2'').
HISTORY
A col command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
BSD June 29, 1993 BSD