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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers how to replace spaces with '_' in a file? Post 302448309 by jdhahbi on Wednesday 25th of August 2010 05:56:25 PM
Old 08-25-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by anbu23
Code:
sed "/^>/s/[ \t/]/_/g" file

it replaced only some:
Code:
sed "/^>/s/[ \t/]/_/g" infile.txt
>AluYa5    SINE1_7SL    Homo_sapiens
ggccgggcgcggtggctcacgcctgtaatcccagcactttgggaggccgaggcgggcggatcacgaggtc
aggagatcgagaccatcccggctaaaacggtgaaaccccgtctctactaaaaatacaaaaaattagccgg
>AluYb8    SINE1_7SL    Homo_sapiens
ggccgggcgcggtggctcacgcctgtaatcccagcactttgggaggccgaggcgggtggatcatgaggtc
tccgtctca
>AluYb9    SINE1_7SL    Homo_sapiens
ggccgggcgcggtggctcacgcctgtaatcccagcactttgggaggccgaggcgggtggatcatgaggtc

are the spaces that were not replaced of a different kind?
 

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is  a  text formatter.	Its input consists of the text to be out-
put, intermixed with formatting commands.  A  formatting  command
is  a  line  containing  the  control character followed by a two
character command name, and possibly one or more arguments.   The
control  character is initially . (dot).  The formatted output is
produced on standard output.  The formatting commands are  listed
below, with being a number, being a character, and being a title.
A + before n means it may be signed,  indicating  a  positive  or
negative change from the current value.  Initial values for where
relevant, are given in parentheses.
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  .ar	  Arabic page numbers.
  .br	  Line break.  Subsequent text will begin on a new line.
  .bl n   Insert n blank lines.
  .bp +n  Begin new page and number it n. No n means +1.
  .cc c   Control character is set to c.
  .ce n   Center the next n input lines.
  .de zz  Define a macro called zz. A line with .. ends definition.
  .ds	  Double space the output. Same as .ls 2.
  .ef t   Even page footer title is set to t.
  .eh t   Even page header title is set to t.
  .fi	  Begin filling output lines as full as possible.
  .fo t   Footer titles (even and odd) are set to t.
  .hc c   The character c (e.g., %) tells roff where hyphens are permitted.
  .he t   Header titles (even and odd) are set to t.
  .hx	  Header titles are suppressed.
  .hy n   Hyphenation is done if n is 1, suppressed if it is 0. Default is 1.
  .ig	  Ignore input lines until a line beginning with .. is found.
  .in n   Indent n spaces from the left margin; force line break.
  .ix n   Same as .in but continue filling output on current line.
  .li n   Literal text on next n lines.  Copy to output unmodified.
  .ll +n  Line length (including indent) is set to n (65).
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  .m2 n   Insert n (2) blank lines between header and start of text.
  .m3 n   Insert n (1) blank lines between end of text and footer.
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  .na	  No adjustment of the right margin.
  .ne n   Need n lines.  If fewer are left, go to next page.
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  .nf	  No more filling of lines.
  .nx f   Switch input to file f.
  .of t   Odd page footer title is set to t.
  .oh t   Odd page header title is set to t.
  .pa +n  Page adjust by n (1).  Same as .bp
  .pl +n  Paper length is n (66) lines.
  .po +n  Page offset.	Each line is started with n (0) spaces.
  .ro	  Page numbers are printed in Roman numerals.
  .sk n   Skip n pages (i.e., make them blank), starting with next one.
  .sp n   Insert n blank lines, except at top of page.
  .ss	  Single spacing.  Equivalent to .ls 1.
  .ta	  Set tab stops, e.g., .ta 9 17 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 (default).
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  .ti n   Indent next line n spaces; then go back to previous indent.
  .tr ab  Translate a into b on output.
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