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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Removing "'" from a file Post 302871693 by wisecracker on Wednesday 6th of November 2013 02:55:22 PM
Old 11-06-2013
If you are unlucky enough to have a corrupted or non-existent sed here is a longhand version using bash builtins only...
Code:
#/bin/bash --posix
# Remove "'" DEMO.
yourtext="abcn'
jkdjf 
dkfjd'"
echo -n "$yourtext" > /tmp/text
text=$(cat < /tmp/text)
# This line is not needed.
echo "$text"
newtext=""
decimal=0
subscript=0
length=$[ ( ${#text} - 1 ) ]
# This line is not needed.
echo "${#text}"
while [ $subscript -le $length ]
do
	decimal=`printf "%d" \'${text:$subscript:1}`
	if [ $decimal -eq 39 ]
	then
		subscript=$[ $subscript + 1 ]
	else
		newtext=$newtext${text:$subscript:1}
		subscript=$[ $subscript + 1 ]
	fi
done
# Print the final string...
echo "$newtext"
# This linbe is not needed...
echo "${#newtext}"
# These two lines added to show the _invisible_ characters are preserved and are not needed.
echo -n "$newtext" > /tmp/text
hexdump -C /tmp/text
# DEMO end.

Results are these with all not needed line left in:-
Code:
Last login: Wed Nov  6 19:44:44 on ttys000
AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./remove_quote.sh
abcn'
jkdjf 
dkfjd'
19
abcn
jkdjf 
dkfjd
17
00000000  61 62 63 6e 0a 6a 6b 64  6a 66 20 0a 64 6b 66 6a  |abcn.jkdjf .dkfj|
00000010  64                                                |d|
00000011
AMIGA:barrywalker~> _

 

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CTYPE_XDIGIT(3) 							 1							   CTYPE_XDIGIT(3)

ctype_xdigit - Check for character(s) representing a hexadecimal digit

SYNOPSIS
bool ctype_xdigit (string $text) DESCRIPTION
Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, $text, are hexadecimal 'digits'. PARAMETERS
o $text - The tested string. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if every character in $text is a hexadecimal 'digit', that is a decimal digit or a character from [A-Fa-f] , FALSE otherwise. EXAMPLES
Example #1 A ctype_xdigit(3) example <?php $strings = array('AB10BC99', 'AR1012', 'ab12bc99'); foreach ($strings as $testcase) { if (ctype_xdigit($testcase)) { echo "The string $testcase consists of all hexadecimal digits. "; } else { echo "The string $testcase does not consist of all hexadecimal digits. "; } } ?> The above example will output: The string AB10BC99 consists of all hexadecimal digits. The string AR1012 does not consist of all hexadecimal digits. The string ab12bc99 consists of all hexadecimal digits. NOTES
Note If an integer between -128 and 255 inclusive is provided, it is interpreted as the ASCII value of a single character (negative val- ues have 256 added in order to allow characters in the Extended ASCII range). Any other integer is interpreted as a string contain- ing the decimal digits of the integer. SEE ALSO
ctype_digit(3). PHP Documentation Group CTYPE_XDIGIT(3)
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