hi
I wanted to find this char " ^M " in my file and replace it with blank space.
I am using Unix system.
If i give command " :%s/^M//gc " it wont work
so can anyone tell what is command to find and replace
thankx (3 Replies)
Hi all,
My problem is the following:
I've a script that must list all files in a directory and write this information in a text file.
I've tried to get the list through ls command and then write it using msgecho
msgecho "`ls $PATH_APS_JOB_ORA`"
This works good but the created string... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have a directory has DIR1 and the D1 directory has 200+ files.
I want change the string from "Bangalore" to "Bangaluru" in all files in the D1 directory.
Thanks (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a file named "Test_2008_01_21"
The file contains a string "manual" that occurs many times in the file
How can i find the positions of the string "manual" in the file
Ex: if the string " manual " occurs three times in the file. i want to replace the second occurance of string... (6 Replies)
Hello Friends,
I've been trying to write a script which finds a string and change it with another string. For this i want to search all files (with its arguments) under a spesific directory and its subdirectories.
For example lets assume i want to replace an IP= 192.168.0.4 with another... (4 Replies)
Hi guys,
I´m trying to replace the 2 last folders name in a list of directories with a new string, but I´m don´t know which regex to apply.
Directories list:
C/my user/documents/games & music
C/my user/documents/photos 09-24-2008
C/my user/settings/config ?1_2
* The last folder may have... (11 Replies)
here is what i want to achieve... consider a file contains below contents. the file size is large about 60mb
cat dump.sql
INSERT INTO `table1` (`id`, `action`, `date`, `descrip`, `lastModified`) VALUES (1,'Change','2011-05-05 00:00:00','Account Updated','2012-02-10... (10 Replies)
Dear all,
I need your help, I have file like this:
file1:23456
01910964830098775635
34567
01942809546554654323
67589
26546854368698023653
09778
58716868568576876878
08675
86178546154065406546
08573
54165843543054354305
.
.file2:
23456 25
34567 26
67589 27 (2 Replies)
Dear All
I need to find and replace a string in a set of files. I try as :
#find / -name "*"|xargs grep "Tektra"|grep -v "Tektra GSM BTS"
But it doesn't work. It just finds the string in the files. I need to find and replace it.Can you please let me know how to correct it?
Thank you (2 Replies)
Hi All,
Greetings.
I have a .dat file which somewhere in its content contains symbol ""^ I want to replace it with "^
I tried with SED command but could not achieve what i wanted
sed -e "s/'""^'/'"^'/ig" filename.dat (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: MaddyS
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
regex
regex(1F) FMLI Commands regex(1F)NAME
regex - match patterns against a string
SYNOPSIS
regex [-e] [ -v "string"] [ pattern template] ... pattern [template]
DESCRIPTION
The regex command takes a string from the standard input, and a list of pattern / template pairs, and runs regex() to compare the string
against each pattern until there is a match. When a match occurs, regex writes the corresponding template to the standard output and
returns TRUE. The last (or only) pattern does not need a template. If that is the pattern that matches the string, the function simply
returns TRUE. If no match is found, regex returns FALSE.
The argument pattern is a regular expression of the form described in regex(). In most cases, pattern should be enclosed in single quotes
to turn off special meanings of characters. Note that only the final pattern in the list may lack a template.
The argument template may contain the strings $m0 through $m9, which will be expanded to the part of pattern enclosed in ( ... )$0 through
( ... )$9 constructs (see examples below). Note that if you use this feature, you must be sure to enclose template in single quotes so
that FMLI does not expand $m0 through $m9 at parse time. This feature gives regex much of the power of cut(1), paste(1), and grep(1), and
some of the capabilities of sed(1). If there is no template, the default is $m0$m1$m2$m3$m4$m5$m6$m7$m8$m9.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-e Evaluates the corresponding template and writes the result to the standard output.
-v "string" Uses string instead of the standard input to match against patterns.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Cutting letters out of a string
To cut the 4th through 8th letters out of a string (this example will output strin and return TRUE):
`regex -v "my string is nice" '^.{3}(.{5})$0' '$m0'`
Example 2: Validating input in a form
In a form, to validate input to field 5 as an integer:
valid=`regex -v "$F5" '^[0-9]+$'`
Example 3: Translating an environment variable in a form
In a form, to translate an environment variable which contains one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to the letters a, b, c, d, e:
value=`regex -v "$VAR1" 1 a 2 b 3 c 4 d 5 e '.*' 'Error'`
Note the use of the pattern '.*' to mean "anything else".
Example 4: Using backquoted expressions
In the example below, all three lines constitute a single backquoted expression. This expression, by itself, could be put in a menu defini-
tion file. Since backquoted expressions are expanded as they are parsed, and output from a backquoted expression (the cat command, in this
example) becomes part of the definition file being parsed, this expression would read /etc/passwd and make a dynamic menu of all the login
ids on the system.
`cat /etc/passwd | regex '^([^:]*)$0.*$' '
name=$m0
action=`message "$m0 is a user"`'`
DIAGNOSTICS
If none of the patterns match, regex returns FALSE, otherwise TRUE.
NOTES
Patterns and templates must often be enclosed in single quotes to turn off the special meanings of characters. Especially if you use the
$m0 through $m9 variables in the template, since FMLI will expand the variables (usually to "") before regex even sees them.
Single characters in character classes (inside []) must be listed before character ranges, otherwise they will not be recognized. For exam-
ple, [a-zA-Z_/] will not find underscores (_) or slashes (/), but [_/a-zA-Z] will.
The regular expressions accepted by regcmp differ slightly from other utilities (that is, sed, grep, awk, ed, and so forth).
regex with the -e option forces subsequent commands to be ignored. In other words, if a backquoted statement appears as follows:
`regex -e ...; command1; command2`
command1 and command2 would never be executed. However, dividing the expression into two:
`regex -e ...``command1; command2`
would yield the desired result.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO awk(1), cut(1), grep(1), paste(1), sed(1), regcmp(3C), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 12 Jul 1999 regex(1F)