I need to replace consecutive double quotes in a csv file, the data in the file is enclosed in double quotes but there are some places where the quotes are repeating
Example is below
Incoming data is :
Need output as:
Please Note that empty double quotes are perfectly valid here and I need to retain them
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I have various column names within double quotes, separated by commas.
Example:
"column one", "column number two", "this is column number three", anothercolumn, yetanothercolumn
I need to eliminate the double quotes and replace the blanks within the double quotes by underscores, giving:
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Hi,
I have a requirement to replace the comma's inside the double quotes. The comma's inside the double quotes will get changed dynamically.
Input Record:
"Washington, DC,Prabhu,aju",New York
Output Record:
"Washington| DC|Prabhu|aju",New York
I tried with the below command but it... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am getting the data from text file and it contains comma and double quootes.
Eg: text file like this:
Travelling up Cattai Ridge Rd, going through the "S" bends at the top.
Felt a "pull" and pain in groin area, on right side after lifting at work.
Repeat "twisting" while working manual... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have data as
"01/22/97-"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa""aaa""aabbbbbbbbcccccc""zbcd""dddddddddeeeeeeeeefffffff"
I want to remove only the Consequitive double quotes and not the one which occurs single.
My O/P must be ... (2 Replies)
In bash or perl, I would like to know how to substitute a null character (0x00) for every white space without changing the white spaces inside the block of double quotes and the white space immediately following a backslash.
Suppose that sample.txt consists of the following line.
"b 1" c\ 2
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Hello experts,
I need to validate a csv file which contains data like this:
Sample.csv
"ABCD","I",23,0,9,,"23/12/2012","OK","Street,State, 91135",0
"ABCD","I",23,0,9,,"23/12/2012","OK","Street,State, 91135",0
I just need to check if all the records contain exactly the number of... (5 Replies)
Hi Froum.
I have tried in vain to find a solution for this problem - I'm trying to replace any double quotes within a quoted string with a single quote, leaving everything else as is.
I have the following data:
Before:
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Hi All,
I have been trying to replace a string using the sed command
string value contain blackslash and double quotes. I am not a expert writer of unix script but do try not to ask question. I have almost given up. Hope you all can give me some suggestion
I want to replace a place string... (6 Replies)
Hi All,
I'm unable to load the data using sql loader where there are double quotes within the double quotes As these are optionally enclosed by double quotes.
Sample Data :
"221100",138.00,"D","0019/1477","44012075","49938","49938/15043000","Television - 22" Refurbished - Airwave","Supply... (6 Replies)
Hi I have a .csv file and when opened in notepad looks like this
gggg,nnnn,"last,first","llll""",nnn
So, Here I would like the ouput as below
gggg,nnnn,"last,first","llll",nnn
i.e replace all two double quotes into one. How could I do that?
This file is being processed by another... (5 Replies)
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escapeshellarg
ESCAPESHELLARG(3) 1 ESCAPESHELLARG(3)escapeshellarg - Escape a string to be used as a shell argumentSYNOPSIS
string escapeshellarg (string $arg)
DESCRIPTION escapeshellarg(3) adds single quotes around a string and quotes/escapes any existing single quotes allowing you to pass a string directly
to a shell function and having it be treated as a single safe argument. This function should be used to escape individual arguments to
shell functions coming from user input. The shell functions include exec(3), system(3) and the backtick operator.
On Windows, escapeshellarg(3) instead removes percent signs, replaces double quotes with spaces and adds double quotes around the string.
PARAMETERS
o $arg
- The argument that will be escaped.
RETURN VALUES
The escaped string.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
escapeshellarg(3) example
<?php
system('ls '.escapeshellarg($dir));
?>
SEE ALSO escapeshellcmd(3), exec(3), popen(3), system(3), backtick operator.
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