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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Periods turn into spaces for some reason Post 302757327 by basherlemon on Thursday 17th of January 2013 11:27:51 AM
Old 01-17-2013
Periods turn into spaces for some reason

Hey all,

I've come across a problem that I can't solve. Its as simple as it can get.
I want to substitute spaces in a string with dots e.g.
Code:
i am a string 
i.am.a.string

I've tried examples from the web that should work but they don't.
A period seems to become a space for some reason :s

One of the examples I used is this one:
Code:
echo ${zone// /"."}

zone being a string and replacing the "." with a "_" results in the spaces being substituted with underscores (which is the result I need) but it only works with underscores and not with periods as in the example. Instead of dots I get spaces.

Anyone know why this is and how to fix it?

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 06-27-2013 at 01:29 PM.. Reason: code tags
 

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NAME
vm - VoiceModem is the program for handling the voice modem functionality from shell scripts ACTIONS
beep options [<frequency [<length in 0.001sec>]]> diagnostics options device name (e.g. ttyS2 dial options phone number help play options [<file names]+> record options file name shell options [<shell script [shell options]]> wait options [<time in seconds]> devicetest OPTIONS
-c n use compression type n -d n set i/o device -t, -m, -i, -e, -s, -H equals to -d <2,3,4,5,6,7> -l s set device string (e.g. -l ttyS2:ttyC0) -v verbose output -w use off / on hook signal from local handset to start and stop recording -x n set debug level -L n set maximum recording length in sec -P print first DTMF tone on stdout and exit -R read and print DTMF string on stdout and exit -S s set default shell for shell scripts (e.g. -S /bin/sh) -T n set silence timeout in 0.1sec -V n set silence threshold to <n> (0-100%%) SEE ALSO
vgetty(1) POD ERRORS
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