This should work in either case, although it may require GNU sed:
Also, note that sed won't change the input file - you'll either need to specify inplace (-i on GNU sed), or redirect the output to a temp file.
We were using ftp before and were able to pipe our files
get a1 p1 where p1 is pipe
this way we did not have to store files on our local server.
Now we are using sftp2 and in sftp2 get and mget are synonymous. When I do
get a1 p1
I get error p1: No such file or directory (it's looking... (1 Reply)
I have a large flat file with variable length fields that are pipe delimited. The file has no new line or CR/LF characters to indicate a new record. I need to parse the file and after some number of fields, I need to insert a CR/LF to start the next record.
Input file ... (2 Replies)
Hi, could some help me convert CSV file (with double quoted strings) to pipe delimited file:
here you go with the same data:
1,Friends,"$3.99 per 1,000 listings",8158here " 1,000 listings " should be a single field.
Thanks,
Ram (8 Replies)
I am using grep to match a pattern, but the output is strange.
$ grep -r -o "pattern" *
Gives me:
Binary file foo1 matches
Binary file foo2 matches
Binary file foo3 matches
To find the lines before/after, I then have to use the following on each file:
$ strings foo1 | grep -A1 -B1... (0 Replies)
i need to add a new field in a pipe delimited line. the field will be the current date today.
aa|a|s|w|1
as|oiy|oiy|oiy|2
given that all lines are uniformed in the number of fields
i want it to look like this:\
aa|a|s|w|1|20120126
as|oiy|oiy|oiy|2|20120126
please help :) (3 Replies)
Hi guys,
I need to know how i can ignore Pipe '|' if Pipe is coming as a column in Pipe delimited file
for eg:
file 1:
xx|yy|"xyz|zzz"|zzz|12...
using below awk command
awk 'BEGIN {FS=OFS="|" } print $3
i would get xyz
But i want as :
xyz|zzz to consider as whole column... (13 Replies)
Hello ppl
I have a requirement to split (cut in unix) a file (A.txt) which is a pipe delimited file into A1.txt and A2.txt
Now I have to join (paste in unix) this A2.txt with external file A3.txt to form
output file A4.txt which should be CSV (comma separated file) so that third party can... (25 Replies)
I am trying to create a file (epilepsy70_average.txt) and then pipe that file into a sort and save a new file. The new file is sort.txt but as of know it is blank. I can create the file in one command and then sort it in another. Is the pipe not correct? Thank you :).
awk... (2 Replies)
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shtool-subst
SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
[-e|--exec cmd] [-f|--file cmd-file] [file] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
-s, --stealth
Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
-e, --exec cmd
Specify sed(1) command directly.
-f, --file cmd-file
Read sed(1) command from file.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool subst -i -e 's;(c) ([0-9]*)-2000;(c) 1-2001;' *.[ch]
# RPM spec-file
%install
shtool subst -v -n
-e 's;^(prefix=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix};g'
-e 's;^(sysconfdir=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/etc;g'
`find . -name Makefile -print`
make install
HISTORY
The GNU shtool subst command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 2001 for GNU shtool. It was prompted
by the need to have a uniform and convenient patching frontend to sed(1) operations in the OpenPKG package specifications.
SEE ALSO shtool(1), sed(1).
18-Jul-2008 shtool 2.0.8 SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)