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Operating Systems HP-UX How to remove new line character and append new line character in a file? Post 302466673 by k_manimuthu on Wednesday 27th of October 2010 04:14:12 AM
Old 10-27-2010
Code:
use strict;
use warnings;

undef $/;
my $file_name="unix.txt";
open (FIN, "$file_name");
my $file=<FIN>;
close (FIN);

$file=~ s{([^,]+,){3}\w+}{&clean_up($&)}ges;

open (FOUT, ">Output_$file_name");
print FOUT $file;
close (FOUT);

sub clean_up
{
	my ($text)=@_;
	$text=~ s{\n}{ }g;
	$text=~ s{  +}{ }g;
	$text=~ s{ ,}{,}g;
	$text=~ s{^ +}{}g;
	return "$text\n";
}

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asn1_parser2tree

asn1_parser2tree(3)						     libtasn1						       asn1_parser2tree(3)

NAME

       asn1_parser2tree - API function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libtasn1.h>

       asn1_retCode asn1_parser2tree(const char * file_name, ASN1_TYPE * definitions, char * errorDescription);

ARGUMENTS

       const char * file_name
		   specify the path and the name of file that contains ASN.1 declarations.

       ASN1_TYPE * definitions
		   return the pointer to the structure created from "file_name" ASN.1 declarations.

       char * errorDescription
		   return the error description or an empty string if success.

DESCRIPTION

       Function used to start the parse algorithm.  Creates the structures needed to manage the definitions included in file_name file.

RETURNS

       ASN1_SUCCESS  if  the  file  has a correct syntax and every identifier is known, ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_EMPTY if definitions not ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY,
       ASN1_FILE_NOT_FOUND if an error occured while opening file_name, ASN1_SYNTAX_ERROR if the syntax is not correct,  ASN1_IDENTIFIER_NOT_FOUND
       if  in  the  file  there  is  an  identifier  that is not defined, ASN1_NAME_TOO_LONG if in the file there is an identifier whith more than
       ASN1_MAX_NAME_SIZE characters.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc..
       Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without  royalty  provided  the  copyright
       notice and this notice are preserved.

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation  for libtasn1 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and libtasn1 programs are properly installed at your
       site, the command

	      info libtasn1

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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