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NAME
asubst - Area Substitution
SYNOPSIS
asubst [-o outputfile] [-v] [inputfile]
DESCRIPTION
The asubst program reads inputfile or from "stdin" and performs the following action: Characters and substrings are substituted according
to Perl-like substitution commands enclosed by surrounding area delimiters. The substitution commands recognized are
[[s/pattern/string/options]]
[[tr/input/output/options]]
and the areas are defined by blocks delimited via
{: ... :}
EXAMPLE
{: [[s/ae/ä/]] [[s/ue/ü/]]
Foo Bar Baz Quux with Umlauts ae and ue
:}
OPTIONS
-o outputfile
This redirects the output to outputfile. Usually the output will be send to "stdout" if no such option is specified or outputfile is
""-"".
-v This sets verbose mode where some processing information will be given on the console.
AUTHOR
Ralf S. Engelschall
rse@engelschall.com
www.engelschall.com
EN Tools 2014-04-16 asubst(3)
