the problem is while replacing the old string with new one with the help of SED i am unable to replace the special characters with new strings. how can i do that?
i dont want the user to be given the trouble to write '\' before every special characters like * , . , \ , $ , &.
sed... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have tonnes of .txt files that are written in French. I need to replace the French special characters, however, with English equivalents (e.g. é -> e and ç -> c).
I have tried this
---
#!/bin/bash
# Convert French characters to normal characters
# Treat each of the files
exec... (4 Replies)
Hello,
I have a file with many lines with below format:
\abc\\1234
jkl\\567
def\\345
\pqr\\567
\xyz\\234
Here, i need to do 2 things.
1. replace \\ with \
2. remove starting \
so output to be as below: (11 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to replace a string in shell but it is not working correctly.
@xcom.file@
needs to be replaced with
tb137
Plz help.Thx.
Please use and tags when posting code, data or logs etc. to preserve formatting and enhance readability, thanks. (4 Replies)
i need to replace the any special characters with escape characters like below.
test!=123-> test\!\=123
!@#$%^&*()-= to be replaced by
\!\@\#\$\%\^\&\*\(\)\-\= (8 Replies)
I am writing a ksh script. I need to replace a set of characters in an xml file.
FROM="ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÛÚÜÝßàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö¿¶ø®";
TO="AAAAAAACEEEEIIIIDNOOOOOOUUUUYSaaaaaaceeeeiiiionooooo N R"
I have used the code- sed 's/$FROM/$TO/g'<abc.xml
But its not working.
Can anyone tell me the code to do this? (3 Replies)
sed -e "s// /g" old.txt > new.txt
While I do know some control characters need to be escaped, can normal characters also be escaped and still work the same way? Basically I do not know all control characters that have a special meaning, for example, ?, ., % have a meaning and have to be escaped... (11 Replies)
Thank you for 4 looking this post.
We have a tab delimited file where we are facing problem in a lot of funny character. I have tried using awk but failed that is not working.
In the 5th field ID which is supposed to be a integer only of that file, we are getting corrupted data as below.
I... (12 Replies)
Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a script or program available out there that uses a conversion table to replace special characters from a file?
I am trying to remove some special characters from a file but there are several unprintable/control characters that some I need to remove but some I... (2 Replies)
Hi,
Please find attached a file that has special characters on it. It is a copy and paste from a Micro$oft file.
I don't want to use strings as it remove all the 'indentations' / 'formatting' so I am replacing them with space instead.
I am using the sed command below
sed "s/$(printf... (1 Reply)
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gst-convert - Smalltalk syntax converter and beautifier
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Usage:
gst-convert [OPTION]... [INFILE [OUTFILE]] gst-convert [OPTION]... -o|--output OUTFILE INFILES
OPTIONS -q, --quiet
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print extra information while processing
-f, --format=FORMAT
convert from given input format (supported formats are gst, gst2, sif, squeak)
-F, --output-format=FORMAT convert to given output format (supported
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-C, --class=REGEX
convert only classes matching REGEX
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in addition, convert classes matching REGEX
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do not convert classes matching REGEX
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convert only classes whose category matches REGEX
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in addition, convert those whose category matches REGEX
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do not convert classes whose category matches REGEX
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look for CODE and replace it with REPL
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concatenate multiple input files into a single converted output file
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gst-convert version 3.2.4 December 2011 GST-CONVERT(1)