A Triva question.
What is the easy way to remove the double quotes in the file in the following format.
"asdfa","fdgh","qwer"
tr -d '\"' <filename >newfilename
mv newfilename oldfilename
This need to be handled in a script. Any better way to do this. Will sed be more effecient?
One... (3 Replies)
I want to remove the comma which is present within the double quoted string. All other commas which is present outside double quotes should be present.
Input : a,b,"cc,dd,ee",f,ii,"jj,kk",mmm
output : a,b,"ccddee",f,ii,"jjkk",mmm (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to replace a specific column values in a csv file with double quotes.
Example:
SNO,NAME,ZIPCODE,RANK
1,Robert,74538,12
2,Sam,07564,13
3,Kim, Ed,12345,14
Desired Output:
SNO,NAME,ZIPCODE,RANK
1,Robert Ken,74538,12
2,Sam Mik,"07564",13
3,"Kim, Ed",12345,14
I... (3 Replies)
Hi i have a file with follw data
"20090427","0","","16371311","-100200","","","","16371311","JUL","09"
In the 10th column i need to convert the month name into month number in this case JUL will be 7 and append the 10th and 11th column which shows me the output as 709. Can you suggest a shell... (11 Replies)
I would like to know how to replace a space delimiter with a ^_ (\037) delimiter and a double quote delimiter while maintaining the spaces inside the double quotes. The double quote delimiter is only used on text fields.
I'd prefer a one-liner, but could handle a function or script that accepts... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am little new to forum and new on unix side. I have a small issue below:
I am reading a file that has 5 columns something like below.
col1,col2,col3,col4,col5
Some records are having double quoted values something like below:
"value1","value2","value3","value4","value5"
I need... (8 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)
I have file with are delimited by pipe(|) symbol, I wanted those to be removed except the ones which are enclosed in double quotes.
If your quote file is:
|Life is |Beautiful"|"Indeed life |is beautiful too|"|"But unix is fun| is not"|"
It should return:
Life is Beautiful"|"Indeed life is... (9 Replies)
Hi All,
I have my data like below
"1","abc,db","hac,aron","4","5"
Now I need to extract 1,2,4th columns
Output should be like
"1",abc,db","4"
Am trying to use cut command but not able to get the results.
Thanks in advance. (4 Replies)
Please use code tags
Hi,
I have input data is below format and n of column in the multiple flat files. the string data has any double quotes(") values replaced to double double quotes for all the columns{"").
Also, my input flat file each column string data has carriage of new line too.... (14 Replies)
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htmlspecialchars_decode
HTMLSPECIALCHARS_DECODE(3) 1 HTMLSPECIALCHARS_DECODE(3)htmlspecialchars_decode - Convert special HTML entities back to charactersSYNOPSIS
string htmlspecialchars_decode (string $string, [int $flags = ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401])
DESCRIPTION
This function is the opposite of htmlspecialchars(3). It converts special HTML entities back to characters.
The converted entities are: &, " (when ENT_NOQUOTES is not set), ' (when ENT_QUOTES is set), < and >.
PARAMETERS
o $string
- The string to decode.
o $flags
- A bitmask of one or more of the following flags, which specify how to handle quotes and which document type to use. The default
is ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401.
Available $flags constants
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Constant Name | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| | |
| ENT_COMPAT | |
| | |
| | Will convert double-quotes and leave single- |
| | quotes alone. |
| | |
| | |
| ENT_QUOTES | |
| | |
| | Will convert both double and single quotes. |
| | |
| | |
|ENT_NOQUOTES | |
| | |
| | Will leave both double and single quotes uncon- |
| | verted. |
| | |
| | |
| ENT_HTML401 | |
| | |
| | Handle code as HTML 4.01. |
| | |
| | |
| ENT_XML1 | |
| | |
| | Handle code as XML 1. |
| | |
| | |
| ENT_XHTML | |
| | |
| | Handle code as XHTML. |
| | |
| | |
| ENT_HTML5 | |
| | |
| | Handle code as HTML 5. |
| | |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+
RETURN VALUES
Returns the decoded string.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.4.0 | |
| | |
| | The constants ENT_HTML401, ENT_XML1, ENT_XHTML |
| | and ENT_HTML5 were added. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
A htmlspecialchars_decode(3) example
<?php
$str = "<p>this -> "</p>
";
echo htmlspecialchars_decode($str);
// note that here the quotes aren't converted
echo htmlspecialchars_decode($str, ENT_NOQUOTES);
?>
The above example will output:
<p>this -> "</p>
<p>this -> "</p>
SEE ALSO htmlspecialchars(3), html_entity_decode(3), get_html_translation_table(3).
PHP Documentation Group HTMLSPECIALCHARS_DECODE(3)