i want to ask how to delete character on specific position in line, lets say i want to remove 5 character from position 1000, so characters from position 1000-1005 will be deleted.
i found this sed command can delete 4 characters from position 10, but i dont know if bigger position or more characters to be delete is needed.
btw i'm using HP-UX
Hi,
I need to add Pipe (|) at 5th and 18th position of all records a file. How can I do this?
I tried to add it at 5th position using the below code. It didnt work. Please help!!!
awk '{substr($0,5,1) ~ /|/}{print}' $input_file > $temp_file (1 Reply)
I am trying to use sed to replace specific characters at a specific position in the file with a different value... can this be done?
Example:
File:
A0199999123
A0199999124
A0199999125
Need to replace 99999 in positions 3-7 with 88888.
Any help is appreciated. (5 Replies)
Hello. I'm trying to delete one character in determinate position.
Example:
qwEtsdf123Ecv34
<delete character in positión 3>
Result:
qwtsdf123Ecv34
Plase, help me.
Thanks (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have a file like this (about 8 columns in total, this being the 2nd column)
gi_49482297_ref_YP_039521.1_
gi_49482297_ref_YP_039521.1_
gi_49482315_ref_YP_039539.1_
gi_49482315_ref_YP_039539.1_I want to remove the _ at the end of the line.
And at later stages I would want to replace the... (5 Replies)
Goodmorning,
I know how to cut a string and a column, and how to find a word.
I have a file with over 100 columns. All columns have a title in the first line. I have to delete all columns with the XXX title.
I can't use cut -f because the position of XXX columns change in each file, and in... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: echo manolis
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In file, we have millions of records each of 1000 in length. And at specific position say 800 there is a space, we need to replace it with Character X if the ID in that row starts with 123.
So far i have used the below which is replacing space at that position to X but its not checking for... (3 Replies)
I will appreciate if you help me here in this script in Solaris Enviroment.
Scenario:
i have 2 files :
1) /tmp/TRANSACTIONS_DAILY_20180730.txt:
201807300000000004
201807300000000005
201807300000000006
201807300000000007
201807300000000008
2)... (10 Replies)
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xmtextfindstringwcs
XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)NAME
XmTextFindStringWcs - A Text function that finds the beginning position of a wide character text string
SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/Text.h>
Boolean XmTextFindStringWcs (widget, start, wcstring, direction, position)
Widget widget;
XmTextPosition start;
wchar_t *wcstring;
XmTextDirection direction;
XmTextPosition *position;
DESCRIPTION
XmTextFindStringWcs locates the beginning position of a specified wide character text string. This routine searches forward or backward
for the first occurrence of the string, starting from the given start position. If a match is found, the function returns the position of
the first character of the string in position. Specifies the Text widget ID. Specifies the character position from which the search pro-
ceeds. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the text buffer. The first character position is 0. Specifies the
wide character search string. Indicates the search direction. It is relative to the primary direction of the text. The possible values
are: The search proceeds toward the end of the buffer. The search proceeds toward the beginning of the buffer. Specifies the pointer in
which the first character position of the string match is returned. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the buf-
fer. The first character position is 0. If the function returns False, this value is undefined.
For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3X).
RETURN VALUE
Returns True if a string match is found; otherwise, returns False.
SEE ALSO XmText(3X), XmTextFindString(3X)XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)