I need to add spaces in between characters in a string variable.
Is there a shortcut? I know you can remove the spaces with sed, but does sed have a way to add them?
Example:
I have: DATA01
I want it to be: D A T A 0 1
What I have done so far is to create a function... (4 Replies)
I have a file like this:
running:running since Mon Mar 3 09:46:19 2008:
running:running since Thu Mar 6 22:36:51 2008:
running:running since Tue Dec 4 00:34:15 2007:
running:running since Tue Dec 4 00:34:16 2007:
running:running since Mon Jan 21 11:15:04 2008:
running:running since... (3 Replies)
Hi Friends!!
I have obtained following output from a tool called pdftoxml:
<xml>
<text top="423" left="521" width="333" height="20" font="3">Although the the number of fuzzy rules of a system is </text>
<text top="441" left="500" width="355" height="20" font="3">directly dependant on these... (2 Replies)
I have a file that contains...
elm,mail
elm,lisp,composer,cd,ls,cd,ls,cd,ls,zcat,|,tar,-xvf,ls,cd,ls,cd,ls,vi,ls,cd,ls,vi,elm,-f,ls,rm,ls,cd,ls,vi,vi,ls,vi,ls,cd,ls,elm,cd,ls,cd,ls,vi,vi,vi,ls,vi,ls,i,vi,ls,cp,cd,fg,ls,rm,cd,ls,-l,exit
elm,mail,biff,elm,biff,elm,elm
elm,ls
... (2 Replies)
Hey there, this is my first post and I'll try to explain my situation as best I can.Here is a sample of the input file:
ADO Sample.h,v ADO Sample 2010-05-21 lyonsb /repository/patents/TSCommon/OpenSource/Dundass/ug6mfc/DataSources/Ado/ADO Sample
ADO SampleDoc.h,v ADO SampleDoc 2010-05-21... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I'm passing a variable to a scrpit which can be 1 to 3 characters long.
How can I force it to be three character long and add spaces to it?
The passed variable is stored in $1 and I would like to be stored in NewName
I tried without success
NewName=$(printf "%*s 3 $1)
So if... (2 Replies)
Input File:
E 3359799 3360148 350 X
D 3471287 3471607 321 X
E 3359799 3360740 942 X
E 4359790 4360039 250 X
.
.
.
Desired Output File:
E 3359799 3359998 200 X
E 3359999 3360148 150 X
D 3471287 3471486 200 X
D 3471487 3471607 121 X
E 3359799 3359998 200 X
E 3359999 3360198 200 X... (1 Reply)
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fspec
fspec(4) File Formats fspec(4)NAME
fspec - format specification in text files
DESCRIPTION
It is sometimes convenient to maintain text files on the system with non-standard tabs, (tabs that are not set at every eighth column).
Such files must generally be converted to a standard format, frequently by replacing all tabs with the appropriate number of spaces, before
they can be processed by system commands. A format specification occurring in the first line of a text file specifies how tabs are to be
expanded in the remainder of the file.
A format specification consists of a sequence of parameters separated by blanks and surrounded by the brackets <: and :>. Each parameter
consists of a keyletter, possibly followed immediately by a value. The following parameters are recognized:
ttabs The t parameter specifies the tab settings for the file. The value of tabs must be one of the following:
o A list of column numbers separated by commas, indicating tabs set at the specified columns.
o A '-' followed immediately by an integer n, indicating tabs at intervals of n columns.
o A '-' followed by the name of a ``canned'' tab specification.
Standard tabs are specified by t-8, or equivalently, t1,9,17,25, etc. The canned tabs that are recognized are defined by the
tabs(1) command.
ssize The s parameter specifies a maximum line size. The value of size must be an integer. Size checking is performed after tabs have
been expanded, but before the margin is prepended.
mmargin The m parameter specifies a number of spaces to be prepended to each line. The value of margin must be an integer.
d The d parameter takes no value. Its presence indicates that the line containing the format specification is to be deleted from
the converted file.
e The e parameter takes no value. Its presence indicates that the current format is to prevail only until another format specifi-
cation is encountered in the file.
Default values, which are assumed for parameters not supplied, are t-8 and m0. If the s parameter is not specified, no size checking is
performed. If the first line of a file does not contain a format specification, the above defaults are assumed for the entire file. The
following is an example of a line containing a format specification:
* <:t5,10,15 s72:> *
If a format specification can be disguised as a comment, it is not necessary to code the d parameter.
SEE ALSO ed(1), newform(1), tabs(1)SunOS 5.11 3 Jul 1990 fspec(4)