+ ~/tmp $ cat ./leolson
while read line
do
len=${#line} ; [ $len -gt 3 ] && len=$(( $len - 3))
tmp="$(printf '%*s' $len|sed s,\ ,*,g)"
echo "${line:0:3}${tmp}"
done<file1
+ ~/tmp $ time bash ./leolson
aba*****
cdc*******
efe******
a*b****
real 0m0.007s
user 0m0.003s
sys 0m0.006s
I did a few runs, and felt tendency is more around 6-11 than 12+.
(had more 0.006 + 0.007 than everything else together)
Though, with MadeInGermany's 0.010 sec awk code i get 0.001
Code:
time awk '{x=substr($0,N+1); gsub(".","*",x); print substr($0,1,N) x}' N=3 file1 > /dev/null
real 0m0.001s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.001s
And your perl code behaves quite irrrational:
Code:
+ ~/tmp $ time perl -pe 's/(?<=...)./*/g' file1 >/dev/null
real 0m0.119s
user 0m0.003s
sys 0m0.002s
+ ~/tmp $ time perl -pe 's/(?<=...)./*/g' file1 >/dev/null
real 0m0.006s
user 0m0.002s
sys 0m0.004s
I find the time diffrence quite immmense and confusing.
Sure, some mili-secs diffrence can happen - but by factor 19.8:1?
How can I use sed to replace a ctrl character such as 'new line' (\0a) to something else? Or any other good command can do this job?
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Hillxy (5 Replies)
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Suppose I have a file with the contents below, and I only want to print words %S_ then | sort -u.
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6543
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I tried
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sed -e :a -e '$!N; s/\n/ /; ta' file2
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I need to replace characters 95 to 145 by spaces in each line.
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gtwrhtrd11111111rjytwyejtyjejetjyetgeaEHT
wrehrhw22222222hytekutkyukrylryilruilrGEQTH
hrwjyety33333333gtrhwrjrgkreglqeriugn;RUGNEURGU
... (4 Replies)
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> <SALTDATA> (OVS0199262)
HCl
> <IDNUMBER> (OVS0199262)
OVS0199262
> <SUPPLIER> (OVS0199262)
TimTec
> <EMAIL> (OVS0199262)
info@timtec.net
> <WEBSITE> (OVS0199262)
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fixnt
fixnt(1) Debian fixnt(1)NAME
fixnt - Filter for the Windows NT postscript printer driver.
SYNOPSIS
fixnt < BADFILE.ps > GOODFILE.ps
DESCRIPTION
The Windows NT postscript driver has a tendency to make broken postscript files, that are incompatible with psutils. fixnt is a filter
that fixes these problems, allowing the use of psnup(1).
The filter takes the broken postscript file on stdin, and outputs a fixed postscript file on stdout. It has no other form for invocation
and takes no options on the command-line.
OPTIONS
fixnt takes no options.
BUGS
fixnt does not check for NTPSOct94. For a workaround, use a sed(1) command to replace 'NTPSOct94' with 'NTPSOct95', like so:
sed 's/NTPSOct94/NTPSOct95/g'
This is particularly important for Windows NT 3.5 users.
AUTHOR
fixnt was written by Holger Bauer <Holger.Bauer@topmail.de>, Michael Rath <rath@itsm.uni-stuttgart.de>, and Akim Demaille
<demaille@inf.enst.fr>.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to the Authors, but avoid sending large postscript files.
Patches are always welcome; send to <bauer@itsm.uni-stuttgart.de>.
SEE ALSO psnup(1), sed(1)a2ps February 2003 fixnt(1)
02-12-2015
