. . .
And i need to find if '-' present in that string B090712-0013001, then replace the whole string with "O".
This is NOT what you requested in the first place, where you requested a char-by-char replacement of chars in the region 284 - 298. Your sample file has 192 and 176 char lines.
Based on your initial question, in which you limited the solution to using sed, I'd proposed to try this:
Quote:
Did anyone know the how to achieve this?
Bumping up threads within few hours DOES NOT REALLY help.
Can someone help me to write a script / command to read in a file, character by character, replace any unknown ASCII characters with space. then write out the file to a new filename/
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I need to replace the character on 6th position. If this character is 1 I have to repleace it with A, if it is 2 than I have to replace it with B. If it is not 1 or 2 I should not repleace it.
input:
abcd defg
abcd 1efg
mnop weac
rstu 2bcd
i need:
abcd defg
abcd Aefg
mnop weac
rstu... (2 Replies)
Hello everyone this is my first post of many to come :)
I am writing a script and in this script at one point i need to replace a character in a particular position in a string for example:
in the string "mystery" i would need to replace the 3rd position to an "r" so the string becomes... (3 Replies)
Greetings.
I have a file with information like this:
AMNDHRKEOEU?AMNDHRKEOEU?AMNDHRKEOEU?AMNDHRKEOEU?
AMNDHRKEEU?AMNDHREOEU?
AMNDHREU?AHRKEOEU?AMNDHRKEU?AMNDKEOEU?
What I need to extract is the position, in every line, of every occurrence of '?'
A desired output would be something... (6 Replies)
Hi Guys!
Could anyone help me with?..
I have a line which says
BCVGF%6$#900 .....How can we know which position is for % or say $ by command or script?There is any way to get a prompt by any script?
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Hi guyz i want to know nth position of character in string. For ex.
var="UK,TK,HK,IND,AUS"
now if we see 1st occurance of , is at 3 position, 2nd at 6,..4th at 13 position.
1st position we can find through INDEX, but what about 2nd,3rd and 4th or may be upto nth position. ?
In oracle we had... (2 Replies)
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In file, we have millions of records each of 1000 in length. And at specific position say 800 there is a space, we need to replace it with Character X if the ID in that row starts with 123.
So far i have used the below which is replacing space at that position to X but its not checking for... (3 Replies)
I will appreciate if you help me here in this script in Solaris Enviroment.
Scenario:
i have 2 files :
1) /tmp/TRANSACTIONS_DAILY_20180730.txt:
201807300000000004
201807300000000005
201807300000000006
201807300000000007
201807300000000008
2)... (10 Replies)
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xmtextfindstringwcs
XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)NAME
XmTextFindStringWcs - A Text function that finds the beginning position of a wide character text string
SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/Text.h>
Boolean XmTextFindStringWcs (widget, start, wcstring, direction, position)
Widget widget;
XmTextPosition start;
wchar_t *wcstring;
XmTextDirection direction;
XmTextPosition *position;
DESCRIPTION
XmTextFindStringWcs locates the beginning position of a specified wide character text string. This routine searches forward or backward
for the first occurrence of the string, starting from the given start position. If a match is found, the function returns the position of
the first character of the string in position. Specifies the Text widget ID. Specifies the character position from which the search pro-
ceeds. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the text buffer. The first character position is 0. Specifies the
wide character search string. Indicates the search direction. It is relative to the primary direction of the text. The possible values
are: The search proceeds toward the end of the buffer. The search proceeds toward the beginning of the buffer. Specifies the pointer in
which the first character position of the string match is returned. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the buf-
fer. The first character position is 0. If the function returns False, this value is undefined.
For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3X).
RETURN VALUE
Returns True if a string match is found; otherwise, returns False.
SEE ALSO XmText(3X), XmTextFindString(3X)XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)