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Originally Posted by pilnet101
If you are using bash, there is no need to call any external tools to perform this. You can use parameter expansion alone as per below:
hi thanks for the replies,
i find this will work (im not at hp-ux environment at the moment, so i try on ubuntu server)
what if file contain more than 2 millions line is still fine if i do above command ?
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)
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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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XmTextFieldPosToXY(3X)XmTextFieldPosToXY(3X)NAME
XmTextFieldPosToXY - A TextField function that accesses the x and y position of a character position
SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/TextF.h>
Boolean XmTextFieldPosToXY (widget, position, x, y)
Widget widget;
XmTextPosition position;
Position *x;
Position *y;
DESCRIPTION
XmTextFieldPosToXY accesses the x and y position, relative to the upper left corner of the TextField widget, of a given character position
in the text buffer. Specifies the TextField widget ID Specifies the character position in the text for which the x and y position is
accessed. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the buffer. The first character position is 0. Specifies the
pointer in which the x position, relative to the upper left corner of the widget, is returned. This value is meaningful only if the func-
tion returns True. Specifies the pointer in which the y position, relative to the upper left corner of the widget, is returned. This
value is meaningful only if the function returns True.
For a complete definition of TextField and its associated resources, see XmTextField(3X).
RETURN VALUE
This function returns True if the character position is displayed in the TextField widget; otherwise, it returns False, and no x or y value
is returned.
SEE ALSO XmTextField(3X)XmTextFieldPosToXY(3X)