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Old 03-05-2009
Sed function in shell scripting
Hello everybody,

I trying to convert a text inside my file that looks something like this:
Quote:
""""http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/driver_power_2007/207826/volkswagen_polo_new.html"""""
into hyperlink so that the user can click onto it.....
I tried this but doesn't work
Code:
cat mylist9.html |sed -e '<a href="' >mylist13.html

Thanks
Last edited by kev_1234; 03-05-2009 at 06:10 PM..
# 2  
Old 03-05-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by kev_1234
I trying to convert a text inside my file that looks something like this:
Code:
""""http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/driver_power_2007/207826/volkswagen_polo_new.html"""""


Are there really all those quotes around the URL?
Quote:
into hyperlink so that the user can click onto it.....
I tried this but doesn't work

What does "doesn't work" mean? What does happen? How does that differ from what you want to happen?

Do you get any error messages? If you did, did you read them? They would at least give you a clue what is wrong. If reading them doesn't help, them post them!!
Quote:
Code:
cat mylist9.html |sed -e '<a href="' >mylist13.html


There's no need for cat:

Code:
sed -e '<a href="' mylist9.html >mylist13.html

But that is not a valid sed command.
# 3  
Old 03-05-2009
No those quotes were to stop the forum converting it to into this
Code:
Volkswagen Polo (new) | Driver Power 2007 | Car Reviews | Auto Express

Any ways,
when i say it doesn't work is that it is not converted in to hyperlink.......
still remains as a **http://blah.com**.....without any errors.....
# 4  
Old 03-05-2009
Tools
what about something like?

Code:
awk '{print "<a href="$0">"}' inputfile >outputfile

Without understanding your actual text file, and what you want the output file to be, this is just a guess.
# 5  
Old 03-05-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by joeyg
what about something like?

Code:
awk '{print "<a href="$0">"}' inputfile >outputfile

Without understanding your actual text file, and what you want the output file to be, this is just a guess.
Thanks for the code....yes it converts it into
Quote:
<a href=http://uk.youtube.com/results?q=VW+POLO+2007&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=w1>
But I would like the user be able to 'click' on it which opens the webpage
# 6  
Old 03-05-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by kev_1234
No those quotes were to stop the forum converting it to into this

Then use the correct tags, [HTML]:
Quote:
HTML Code:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/driver_power_2007/207826/volkswagen_polo_new.html
Any ways,
when i say it doesn't work is that it is not converted in to hyperlink.......
still remains as a **http://blah.com**.....without any errors.....

Then you didn't post the actual command you used; that command would have given you errors.

I think this should do what you want:

Code:
awk '{ printf "<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>\n", $0, $0 }' file > newfile

# 7  
Old 03-05-2009
Right this is what I entered into my Command Terminal:

Quote:
kevin@ubuntu:~/Documents/test$./goog -s VW
which goes through 'wget' looks up and google and posts the results into the file mylist1.html.......after this it goes through all the 'sed' function to remove unwanted items.....

Code:
awk '{ printf "<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>\n", $0, $0 }' mylist9.html >mylist13.html

output
Quote:
<a href="http://uk.youtube.com/results?q=vw&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=w1">http://uk.youtube.com/results?q=vw&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=w1</a>
<a href="http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/">http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/</a>
<a href="http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/used">http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/used</a>
<a href="http://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/">http://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/</a>
I want them to be HYPERLINK so the user is directed towards the webpage.

Thanks
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