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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Insert space or pattern between columns in a data file Post 302813557 by hbar on Monday 27th of May 2013 03:15:29 PM
Old 05-27-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by spacebar
This is some simple examples:
Code:
$ cat f1
123 abc 456
xyz 789 efg

# Replace space between 1st and 2nd column with 3 spaces
$ sed 's# #   #' f1
123   abc 456
xyz   789 efg

# Replace space between all columns with 3 spaces
$ sed 's# #   #g' f1
123   abc   456
xyz   789   efg

# Replace space between 1st and 2nd column with a comma
$ sed 's# #,#' f1
123,abc 456
xyz,789 efg

# Replace space between all columns with a comma
$ sed 's# #,#g' f1
123,abc,456
xyz,789,efg


I get only change in space between 1st and 2nd column. Could you explain what is happening?

I also believe that there must be a smart 'awk'-way to do these.
 

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SYNOPSIS
public int SplFileObject::fputcsv (array $fields, [string $delimiter = ","], [string $enclosure = '"'], [string $escape = " DESCRIPTION
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o $fields - An array of values. o $delimiter - The optional $delimiter parameter sets the field delimiter (one character only). o $enclosure - The optional $enclosure parameter sets the field enclosure (one character only). o $escape - The optional $escape parameter sets the escape character (one character only). RETURN VALUES
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/EXCEPTIONS An E_WARNING level error is issued if the $delimiter or $enclosure parameter is not a single character. CHANGELOG
+--------------+-------------------------------+ | Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------------+-------------------------------+ |5.5.21, 5.6.5 | | | | | | | Added the $escape parameter. | | | | +--------------+-------------------------------+ EXAMPLES
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