Note: A-z0-9 will probably not do what you want:
This is because square brackets fall within that range. Moreover, ranges like that are also dependent on locale which could produce other unexpected results. So it would be better to use [:alnum:] instead.
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Also the code looks a bit convoluted for such a simple task. I don't see why you would need to use gawk and read the entire file in memory, while this could also be done by using awk's line processing mid section, which is typically used for this. I would suggest you read up on that.
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You could perhaps also consider selecting a different line processing tool like GNU sed
Which would maybe produce similarly acceptable results..
Hi guys,
does anyone know how to test for a regular expression - i want to include it in a script to make sure the variable is a regexp
cheers (1 Reply)
please help:
I want to add 1 space between string and numbers:
input file:
abcd12345
output file:
abcd 1234
The following sed command does not work:
sed 's/\(+\)\(+\)/\1 \2/' file
Any ideas, please
Andy (2 Replies)
I have 2 files called stuff-egress-filter and stuff-ingress filter. There are also files called something like stuff-egress-F/0
I want to match the first two... I tried (i realize there is no filename... I'm piping this from the ls command)
grep stuff-*-filter
Finds nothing. If I... (18 Replies)
I'd like to know if there is a catchall line for renaming the following patterns:
s01e03 -> 01x03
s4e9 -> 04x09
s10e08 ->10x08
and possibly even:
318 -> 03x18
1002 ->10x02
if its the first 3 or first digit number in the string.
thanks! (0 Replies)
Good Day,
Im new to scripting especially awk and sed. I just would like to ask help from you guys about a sed command that prints the line immediately after a regexp, but not the line containing the regexp.
sed -n '/regexp/{n;p;}' filename
What if my regexp is 3 word or a sentence. Im... (3 Replies)
My input file looks like this:
13154|X,the deer hunter
13154|Y,the good life
1316|,american idol
1316|,bowling
1316|,chuck
etc...
The X, Y, or any other character (besides a comma) after the pipe is a "Device Type". I want to strip out lines that do not have a device type.
I have... (2 Replies)
I would like to extract "1333 Fairlane" given the below text.
The word "Building:" is always present. The wording between Building and the beginning of the address can be almost anything. It appears the the hyphen is there most of the time.
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textutil::trim(3tcl) Text and string utilities, macro processing textutil::trim(3tcl)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________NAME
textutil::trim - Procedures to trim strings
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.2
package require textutil::trim ?0.7?
::textutil::trim::trim string ?regexp?
::textutil::trim::trimleft string ?regexp?
::textutil::trim::trimright string ?regexp?
::textutil::trim::trimPrefix string prefix
::textutil::trim::trimEmptyHeading string
_________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTION
The package textutil::trim provides commands that trim strings using arbitrary regular expressions.
The complete set of procedures is described below.
::textutil::trim::trim string ?regexp?
Remove in string any leading and trailing substring according to the regular expression regexp and return the result as a new
string. This is done for all lines in the string, that is any substring between 2 newline chars, or between the beginning of the
string and a newline, or between a newline and the end of the string, or, if the string contain no newline, between the beginning
and the end of the string. The regular expression regexp defaults to "[ \t]+".
::textutil::trim::trimleft string ?regexp?
Remove in string any leading substring according to the regular expression regexp and return the result as a new string. This apply
on any line in the string, that is any substring between 2 newline chars, or between the beginning of the string and a newline, or
between a newline and the end of the string, or, if the string contain no newline, between the beginning and the end of the string.
The regular expression regexp defaults to "[ \t]+".
::textutil::trim::trimright string ?regexp?
Remove in string any trailing substring according to the regular expression regexp and return the result as a new string. This apply
on any line in the string, that is any substring between 2 newline chars, or between the beginning of the string and a newline, or
between a newline and the end of the string, or, if the string contain no newline, between the beginning and the end of the string.
The regular expression regexp defaults to "[ \t]+".
::textutil::trim::trimPrefix string prefix
Removes the prefix from the beginning of string and returns the result. The string is left unchanged if it doesn't have prefix at
its beginning.
::textutil::trim::trimEmptyHeading string
Looks for empty lines (including lines consisting of only whitespace) at the beginning of the string and removes it. The modified
string is returned as the result of the command.
BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category textutil
of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for
either package and/or documentation.
SEE ALSO regexp(3tcl), split(3tcl), string(3tcl)KEYWORDS
prefix, regular expression, string, trimming
CATEGORY
Text processing
textutil 0.7 textutil::trim(3tcl)