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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Removal of multiple characters with in double quotes Post 303011095 by Don Cragun on Friday 12th of January 2018 08:29:36 PM
Old 01-12-2018
Hi Jag_1981,
No. You changed the format of the input data in between post #4 and post #6!

In your sample input data in post #4 in this thread, records are separated by a blank line. But, the sample data that you say is not working has no separator between records and, therefore, there is no way to determine where one record ends and the next begins.

Your sample output also differs by removing the blank lines between output records.

Please do not blame RudiC for providing you with bad code when the code he provided works perfectly with the description of what was to be done on the sample input you originally provided.

Note also that your output samples are not consistent with your input samples in either post #4 or post #6. You say you want double-quoted <newline>s and <vertical-bar>s to be removed, but that is only true part of the time. In the sample outputs that you have shown us some of those characters are replaced by <space> characters instead of being removed. For an example look at Tour World versus TourWorld in both of those posts and RudiC's code removes all of them as requested in your problem statements, but it doesn't match (and can't match) the sample output you provided in either case. If some <newline> characters are to be replaced by <space> instead of being removed, you need to CLEARLY specify the logic that can be used to determine which action is to be taken. You also sometimes replace a single <space> with two adjacent <space> characters in one place in post #4.

Similarly, if there aren't any blank lines between records in your input file, you need to clearly specify how the end of a record is supposed to be identified. Please help us help you by clearly specifying what is supposed to happen and by providing sample inputs and outputs that match the behavior that you describe.
 

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NAME
logadm.conf - configuration file for logadm command SYNOPSIS
/etc/logadm.conf DESCRIPTION
/etc/logadm.conf is the default configuration file for the log management tool logadm(1M). Comments are allowed using the pound character (#) and extend to the end of line. Each non-comment line has the form: logname options where logname is the name of the entry and options are the default command line options for the logadm command. The name of the entry may be the same as the name of the log file, or a log file name may be given in the options section of the entry. Long lines may be folded using a backslash followed by a newline to continue an entry on the next line. Single or double quotes may be used to protect spaces or alternate-style quotes in strings. The preferred method for changing /etc/logadm.conf is to use the -V, -w, and -r options to the logadm(1M) command, which allow you to lookup an entry, write an entry, or remove an entry from /etc/logadm.conf. A full description of how and when /etc/logadm.conf is used and sample entries are found in logadm(1M). ATTRIBUTES
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