Sponsored Content
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting replacing text in an ascii doc Post 84780 by cubs0729 on Wednesday 28th of September 2005 02:32:17 PM
Old 09-28-2005
the sed command

I tried using the sed command, but it's doesn't do anything...

sed -e 's/$date/$newDate/g' $ofile > test.txt
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

convert hex to ascii text

Is there a command to convert hex characters into their respective ascii values? (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: dangral
5 Replies

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

converting PDF to text, rtf doc format

Hi all Is there any program which can convert PDF to word processor file ? If the PDF has smart quotes, bullet icons, copyright and trademark symbols, etc. what happens to them intext format? So ideally would like to conver into rtf or doc. Thanks SS (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: saurya_s
1 Replies

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Creating flat text file (ASCII)

Hi everybody. I need help and I hope someone is willing to help me out here. My wholesale company is currently moving to new software. The old software is running on a UNIX platform. We need to migrate data from the UNIX system, but our former software provider refuses to assist the data... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Wdonero
5 Replies

4. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions

Unix text doc with a .gif image

I would like to insert a .gif image into a text file that is generated by a Unix-based database application. Can anyone please tell me how I can achieve this? (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: sunita_rao
7 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

mbox ascii mail text file ?

Hi, I am using "fetchmail" and "procmail" combination to trigger a job based on an input mail.Using fetchmail, incoming mail is downloaded from the mailserver to the local host.Once the mail is flushed,procmail starts execution and thereby triggers the application script. In-between... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: DILEEP410
3 Replies

6. Programming

Reading a binary file in text or ASCII format

Hi All, Please suggest me how to read a binary file in text or ASCII format. thanks Nagendra (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Nagendra
3 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

ASCII Text formatting

Hi All, I have a requirement to create a formatted text. That is., I have a plain text composed to send it through an Email using mailx. I need to change the formatting of the text like BOLD, ITALIC, UNDERINED, COLOURED, INDENT etc., First of all, is it possible in UNIX? If yes, please let... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohan_kumarcs
3 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Binary to ASCII(TEXT converion)

Hi all, I have been trying to convert a binary file to TEXT/ASCII file in linux/solaries.and commands like string are no good.Also i am not sure how the how output of the file looks like... I am attaching the binary file as zip since i couldnt load it in its original form in the post incase... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pistachio
1 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Import ASCII 28 delimited text file

I have an ASCII 28 delimited text file(non-printable delimiter) with 4 columns along with the header.I need to open this text file in Excel or any other tool to view each column content. Please help.. Thanks (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: aneeta13
6 Replies

10. Homework & Coursework Questions

Convert ASCII Text, with CRLF

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: write a script asciiFix.sh that takes an arbitrary number of file paths from the command line and carries out the same analysis on each one. If a file is not Windows ASCII, your script should do nothing to it. For each file that is... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: kwatt019
7 Replies
tartrc(5)						LinuxTaRT configuration file format						 tartrc(5)

NAME
.tartrc - Configuration file for LinuxTaRT DESCRIPTION
LinuxTaRT uses a configuration file called tartrc. This configuration file is searched for in the following location: ~/.tartrc PARAMETERS
CustomText1 = string Signature header or text to replace %c1 in template. CustomText2 = string Signature footer or text to replace %c2 in template. SignatureFile = /path/to/signature_file Location and name file to write the sigature to. TagLineDatabase = /path/to/tagline_database Location and name of tagline database. (defaults to /etc/tart.tags) SpecialDates = /path/to/special_dates Location and name of special date file. CustomFile = /path/to/template Location and name of layout template. The following settings may be overridden from the command line. RunQuiet = 0|1 Display information during executution. ShowDate = 0|1 Display the date in the default signature. ShowVersion = 0|1 Display the LinuxTaRT version in the default signature. CenterText = 0|1 Center the text in the default signature. UseCustomText = 0|1 Generate signature from template or use default layout. UseSpecialDates = 0|1 Check special date file for special dates. RunAsDaemon = seconds Run as a daemon and wait this many seconds between updates. FILES
~/.tartrc SEE ALSO
tart(1) tartdates(5) tart-custom(5) Mark Veinot 1.0.0 tartrc(5)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:33 PM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy