You are right - sed only takes RegularExpressions so is not ideal if you want to match plain strings that can contain RE-specific characters.
A better tool for this is awk. Here is a principle solution:
The RS (RecordSeparator) is changed from newline to ":".
Because awk has a problem with the last record when ORS (OutputRecordSeparator) is changed to ":" I pipe the newline-separated output to paste that does the output formatting.
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 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)
**Extremely sorry for the typos in heading
Old:CAST ('${DEFAULT_HIGH_DATE}' AS DATE FORMAT 'YYYY-MM-DD')
New :CAST(CAST('${G_DEFAULT_HIGH_DATE}' AS DATE FORMAT 'MM-DD-YYYY') as DATE FORMAT 'YYYY-MM-DD')
Need to change old format as new format
cat file1
CAST ('${DEFAULT_HIGH_DATE}' AS... (1 Reply)
Hello
I have string (string can have more sections)
LINE="AA;BB;CC;DD;EE"I would like to assigne each part of string separated by ";" to some new variable.
Can someone help? (4 Replies)
Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a script or program available out there that uses a conversion table to replace special characters from a file?
I am trying to remove some special characters from a file but there are several unprintable/control characters that some I need to remove but some I... (2 Replies)
Hi All, I am a newbie to Shell scripting. I have a requirement to Delimit the file fields of a Input file having special characters and spaces with ";".
Input File
----------------------------------
Server Port
----------------------------------
Local ... (5 Replies)
Hi,
Please find attached a file that has special characters on it. It is a copy and paste from a Micro$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)
can anyone help me!!!! How to I parse the CSV file
file name : abc.csv (csv file) The above file containing data like
abv,sfs,,hju,',',jkk wff,fst,,rgr,',',rgr ere,edf,erg,',',rgr,rgr I have a requirement like i have to extract different field and assign them into different... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: J.Jena
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
cut
CUT(1) BSD General Commands Manual CUT(1)NAME
cut -- select portions of each line of a file
SYNOPSIS
cut -b list [-n] [file ...]
cut -c list [file ...]
cut -f list [-d delim] [-s] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
The cut utility selects portions of each line (as specified by list) from each file and writes them to the standard output. If no file argu-
ments are specified, or a file argument is a single dash ('-'), cut reads from from the standard input. The items specified by list can be
in terms of column position or in terms of fields delimited by a special character. Column numbering starts from 1.
The list option argument is a comma or whitespace separated set of increasing numbers and/or number ranges. Number ranges consist of a num-
ber, a dash ('-'), and a second number and select the fields or columns from the first number to the second, inclusive. Numbers or number
ranges may be preceded by a dash, which selects all fields or columns from 1 to the first number. Numbers or number ranges may be followed
by a dash, which selects all fields or columns from the last number to the end of the line. Numbers and number ranges may be repeated, over-
lapping, and in any order. It is not an error to select fields or columns not present in the input line.
The options are as follows:
-b list
The list specifies byte positions.
-c list
The list specifies character positions.
-d delim
Use the first character of delim as the field delimiter character instead of the tab character.
-f list
The list specifies fields, delimited in the input by a single tab character. Output fields are separated by a single tab character.
-n Do not split multi-byte characters.
-s Suppress lines with no field delimiter characters. Unless specified, lines with no delimiters are passed through unmodified.
ENVIRONMENT
The LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE environment variables affect the execution of cut if the -n option is specified. Their effect is described in
environ(7).
EXAMPLES
Extract users' login names and shells from the system passwd(5) file as ``name:shell'' pairs:
cut -d : -f 1,7 /etc/passwd
Show the names and login times of the currently logged in users:
who | cut -c 1-16,26-38
DIAGNOSTICS
The cut utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO paste(1)STANDARDS
The cut utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').
HISTORY
A cut command appeared in AT&T System III UNIX.
BUGS
The -c option is a synonym for the -b option, which causes incorrect behaviour in locales that support multibyte characters.
When operating on fields (-f option is specified), cut does not recognise multibyte characters, and the delim character is recognised in the
middle of multibyte sequences.
BSD June 6, 1993 BSD