04-15-2009
how to replace new line ( \n ) with space or Tab in Sed
Hi,
how to replace new line with tab in sed ...
i used
sed -e 's/\n/\t/g' <filename >
but its not working
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers
How do I replace a tab with a space in scripts using sed/awk ? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: avnerht
1 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
what can I use ??
In vi, I can use :set list <-- and see end of line $.. or use cat -A but I am wondering if there is command or program that allows me to see all the hidden characters( space, tab and etc)
Please help
thanks. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: convenientstore
3 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I am working on transforming html code text into the .vert text format. I want to use linux utility sed. I have this regexp which should do the work: s/ \(?!*>\)/\n/g. I use it like this with sed: echo "you <we try> there" | sed 's/ \(?!*>\)/\n/g' ... The demanded output should be:
you
<we... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: matt1311
5 Replies
4. Shell Programming and Scripting
please help in making sed singleline command
i need to insert dos new line (CR LF) before
" 34 matching device(s) found on \\cpu1."
" 6 matching device(s) found on \\cpu7."
" 102 matching device(s) found on \\mainserver."
the problem is that sometimes there are both CR LF before strings and... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: xserg
1 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi !
I'm rather new with sed ... learned a lot already by googling etc ...
The following script should replace all spaces and ends-of-lines with "something (see below).
#!/bin/bash
i=0
while read line
do
fam="H`printf "%06d" $i`"
echo $line | sed -e 's//\t'$fam'\n/g'
i=$(($i+1))... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: jossojjos
7 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
i am using the default sed package that comes with solaris. (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: chidori
11 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi I am trying to use SED to replace the line matching a pattern using the command
sed 'pattern c\
new line
' <file1 >file 2
I got two questions
1. how do I insert a blank space at the beginning of new line?
2. how do I use this command to execute multiple command using the -e... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: piynik
5 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have file like below
abc 12 34 45 code
abcdef 451 1 4 code
ghtyggg 4 56 3 code
I need to change this to
abc|12|34|45|code|
abcdef|451|1|4|code|
ghtyggg|4|56|3|code|
I tried replace space with | in sed ... but in the middle some row has... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: greenworld123
7 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
My data is jumbled up in the following way. I want to replace only the first two occurrences of space sets (may be a single space also) in every line with a single tab, please help. I want to be able to import the tab delimited columns into excel.
Input
a b c d e f g h i line1
j k ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: gina.lizar
1 Replies
10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
My file looks like
3 33 210.01.10.0 2.1 1211 560 26 45 1298 98763451112 15412323499 INPUT OK
3 233 40.01.10.0 2.1 1451 780 54 99 1876 78787878784 15423210199 CANCEL OK
Aim is to replace the spaces in each line by tab
Used: sed -e 's/ */\t/g'
But I get output like this... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: sa@@
3 Replies
LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
paste
PASTE(1) BSD General Commands Manual PASTE(1)
NAME
paste -- merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
SYNOPSIS
paste [-s] [-d list] file ...
DESCRIPTION
The paste utility concatenates the corresponding lines of the given input files, replacing all but the last file's newline characters with a
single tab character, and writes the resulting lines to standard output. If end-of-file is reached on an input file while other input files
still contain data, the file is treated as if it were an endless source of empty lines.
The options are as follows:
-d list Use one or more of the provided characters to replace the newline characters instead of the default tab. The characters in list
are used circularly, i.e., when list is exhausted the first character from list is reused. This continues until a line from the
last input file (in default operation) or the last line in each file (using the -s option) is displayed, at which time paste
begins selecting characters from the beginning of list again.
The following special characters can also be used in list:
newline character
tab character
\ backslash character
Empty string (not a null character).
Any other character preceded by a backslash is equivalent to the character itself.
-s Concatenate all of the lines of each separate input file in command line order. The newline character of every line except the
last line in each input file is replaced with the tab character, unless otherwise specified by the -d option.
If '-' is specified for one or more of the input files, the standard input is used; standard input is read one line at a time, circularly,
for each instance of '-'.
EXIT STATUS
The paste utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
List the files in the current directory in three columns:
ls | paste - - -
Combine pairs of lines from a file into single lines:
paste -s -d '
' myfile
Number the lines in a file, similar to nl(1):
sed = myfile | paste -s -d '
' - -
Create a colon-separated list of directories named bin, suitable for use in the PATH environment variable:
find / -name bin -type d | paste -s -d : -
SEE ALSO
cut(1), lam(1)
STANDARDS
The paste utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compatible.
HISTORY
A paste command appeared in Version 32V AT&T UNIX.
BSD
June 25, 2004 BSD