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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers how to replace spaces with '_' in a file? Post 302448334 by jdhahbi on Wednesday 25th of August 2010 08:46:21 PM
Old 08-25-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by agama
Rather than uploading your file, run this command and cut/paste the output:

Code:
head your-file-name-here | od -x -c

This should give us a better idea.

I'm guessing that using single quotes didn't work.

$ head infile.txt | od -x -c
0000000 413e 756c 6159 0935 4953 454e 2f31 5337
> A l u Y a 5 \t S I N E 1 / 7 S
0000020 094c 6f48 6f6d 7320 7061 6569 736e 670a
L \t H o m o s a p i e n s \n g
0000040 6367 6763 6767 6763 6763 7467 6767 7463
g c c g g g c g c g g t g g c t
0000060 6163 6763 6363 6774 6174 7461 6363 6163
c a c g c c t g t a a t c c c a
0000100 6367 6361 7474 6774 6767 6761 6367 6763
g c a c t t t g g g a g g c c g
0000120 6761 6367 6767 6367 6767 7461 6163 6763
a g g c g g g c g g a t c a c g
0000140 6761 7467 0a63 6761 6167 6167 6374 6167
a g g t c \n a g g a g a t c g a
0000160 6167 6363 7461 6363 6763 6367 6174 6161
g a c c a t c c c g g c t a a a
0000200 6361 6767 6774 6161 6361 6363 6763 6374
a c g g t g a a a c c c c g t c
0000220 6374 6174 7463 6161 6161 7461 6361 6161
t c t a c t a a a a a t a c a a
0000240 6161 6161 7474 6761 6363 6767 3e0a 6c41
a a a a t t a g c c g g \n > A l
0000260 5975 3862 5309 4e49 3145 372f 4c53 4809
u Y b 8 \t S I N E 1 / 7 S L \t H
0000300 6d6f 206f 6173 6970 6e65 0a73 6767 6363
o m o s a p i e n s \n g g c c
0000320 6767 6367 6367 6767 6774 6367 6374 6361
g g g c g c g g t g g c t c a c
0000340 6367 7463 7467 6161 6374 6363 6761 6163
g c c t g t a a t c c c a g c a
0000360 7463 7474 6767 6167 6767 6363 6167 6767
c t t t g g g a g g c c g a g g
0000400 6763 6767 6774 6167 6374 7461 6167 6767
c g g g t g g a t c a t g a g g
0000420 6374 740a 6363 7467 7463 6163 3e0a 6c41
t c \n t c c g t c t c a \n > A l
0000440 5975 3962 5309 4e49 3145 372f 4c53 4809
u Y b 9 \t S I N E 1 / 7 S L \t H
0000460 6d6f 206f 6173 6970 6e65 0a73 6767 6363
o m o s a p i e n s \n g g c c
0000500 6767 6367 6367 6767 6774 6367 6374 6361
g g g c g c g g t g g c t c a c
0000520 6367 7463 7467 6161 6374 6363 6761 6163
g c c t g t a a t c c c a g c a
0000540 7463 7474 6767 6167 6767 6363 6167 6767
c t t t g g g a g g c c g a g g
0000560 6763 6767 6774 6167 6374 7461 6167 6767
c g g g t g g a t c a t g a g g
0000600 6374 000a
t c \n
0000603
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