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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting delete all characters that aren't a letter or number Post 302591863 by lewisdenny on Saturday 21st of January 2012 07:40:06 AM
Old 01-21-2012
MySQL delete all characters that aren't a letter or number

hey Smilie

if i have a variable that is

example=lewisdenny(copywrite symbol)

so its not a nomal letter but a symbol, how can i remove everything in the varible that isnt letter or number thanks Smilie

and as a side little question do you know how to remove .zip from a file like if i

Code:
ls /temp
test.zip

how can i remove the .zip and set it as a varable like this?
Code:
example=$(ls /temp | grep (command to remove .zip)

thanks
 

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zipnote(1)						      General Commands Manual							zipnote(1)

NAME
zipsplit - split a zipfile into smaller zipfiles SYNOPSIS
zipsplit [-t] [-i] [-p] [-s] [-n size] [-r room] [-b path] [-h] [-q] [-v] [-L] zipfile ARGUMENTS
zipfile Zipfile to split. OPTIONS
-t Report how many files it will take, but don't make them. -i Make index (zipsplit.idx) and count its size against first zip file. -n size Make zip files no larger than "size" (default = 36000). -r room Leave room for "room" bytes on the first disk (default = 0). -b path Use path for the output zip files. -p Pause between output zip files. -s Do a sequential split even if it takes more zip files. -h Show a short help. -q Suppress some informational messages. -v Show version information. -L Show software license. DESCRIPTION
zipsplit reads a zipfile and splits it into smaller zipfiles. EXAMPLES
To be filled in. BUGS
Does not yet support large (> 2 GB) or split archives. SEE ALSO
zip(1), unzip(1) AUTHOR
Info-ZIP v3.0 of 8 May 2008 zipnote(1)
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