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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Supress text Post 302925081 by Don Cragun on Thursday 13th of November 2014 10:38:20 PM
Old 11-13-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahmedwaseem2000
Hi,

I was looking for a simple code to suppress the text between 2 characters. the characters can be of same kind like "*" or "(" and ")". The number of characters are not consistent and could vary.

How can I suppress the text between 2 characters?

Code:
 Example:
Input : Hello (Within Bracket) Outside bracket ( within bracket)
          Hello (Open Bracket without closed
          Hello ****WORLD** 
          Hello *WORLD* 
          Hello "World"
Output: Hello Outside bracket 
           Hello 
          Hello 
          Hello 
          Hello

Your stated goals and your sample input and output do not match:
Why is:
Code:
          Hello (Open Bracket without closed

changed at all? There is no closing ")" to match the opening "(".

Why isn't:
Code:
          Hello ****WORLD**

changed to:
Code:
          Hello WORLD

The 1st and 2nd asterisks (and the empty string between them) should be removed, the 3rd and 4th asterisks (and the empty string between them) should be removed, and the 5th and 6th asterisks (and the empty string between them) should be removed; but not the "WORLD".
 

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strord

strord(3C)																strord(3C)

NAME

       strord - convert string data order

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       The  text orientation (mode) of a file can be right-to-left (non-Latin) or left-to-right (Latin).  This text orientation can affect the way
       data is arranged in the file.  The data arrangements that result are called screen order and keyboard order.

       converts the order of characters in s2 from screen to keyboard order or vice versa and places the result in s1.	The arguments  s1  and	s2
       point to strings (arrays of characters terminated by a null character).	returns s1.

       performs  the conversion based on mode information indicated by the argument m.	The argument m is of type nl_mode found in the header file
       The mode argument can have two possible values: and

       If the mode argument is the text orientation is left-to-right, and all non-Latin sub-strings are reversed.  Non-Latin sub-strings  are  any
       number of contiguous right-to-left language characters.	Non-Latin sub-strings are delimited by ASCII characters.

       Similarly, if the mode argument is the text orientation is right-to-left and all Latin sub-strings are reversed.  Latin sub-strings are any
       number of contiguous printable ASCII characters.  Latin sub-strings are delimited by right-to-left language characters  and  ASCII  control
       codes.

       Some  right-to-left  languages  have a duplicate set of digits called alternative numbers.  Alternative numbers always have a left-to-right
       orientation.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

   Locale
       The category determines whether a right-to-left language has alternative numbers.

   International Code Set Support
       Single-byte character code sets are supported.

WARNINGS

       does not check for overflow of the array pointed to by s1.

   Obsolescent Interfaces
       is to be obsoleted at a future date.

AUTHOR

       was developed by HP.

SEE ALSO

       forder(1), nljust(1), setlocale(3C), environ(5), thread_safety(5).

								  TO BE OBSOLETED							strord(3C)
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