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# 1  
Old 08-28-2009
delete " from plain text files

Hi,
sorry for bothering with this easy problem but I can't understand...

I've a file like this:
Code:
"4","0x23a3"
"5","0x4234"
"11",""
"20",""
"11132","0x6456"

I would like to create a file like this:
Code:
4,23a3
5,4234
11,999999
20,999999
11132,6456

I've tried:
Code:
cat INPUT.txt | sed -e 's/0x//' -e 's/""/999999/' -e 's/"//' >> OUTPUT.txt

but I've obtained this:
Code:
4","23a3"
5","4234"
11",999999
20",999999
11132","6456"

there are two problems:
why
Code:
-e 's/"//'

can not delete all
Code:
"

?
why script create an empty line at the end of the OUTPUT.txt file ?

Thank a million
# 2  
Old 08-28-2009
Code:
sed -e 's/0x//' -e 's/""/999999/' -e 's/"//g' INPUT.txt

# 3  
Old 08-28-2009
use this

's/\"//'
# 4  
Old 08-28-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by kd09714
use this

's/\"//'
why is that?
# 5  
Old 08-28-2009
>cat abc
"4","0x23a3"
"5","0x4234"
"11",""
"20",""
"11132","0x6456"

>sed -e 's/0x//g' -e 's/""/999999/' -e 's/\"//g' abc
4,23a3
5,4234
11,999999
20,999999
11132,6456
# 6  
Old 08-28-2009
Code:
's/"//g'
's/\"//g'

both work... tnx

anyway I still have a new empty line at the end of my output file... do you have any idea?
# 7  
Old 08-28-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by kd09714
>cat abc
"4","0x23a3"
"5","0x4234"
"11",""
"20",""
"11132","0x6456"

>sed -e 's/0x//g' -e 's/""/999999/' -e 's/\"//g' abc
4,23a3
5,4234
11,999999
20,999999
11132,6456
why do you need to escape a double quote?
and don't escape TWO double quotes?
Code:
sed -e 's/0x//g' -e 's/""/999999/' -e 's/\"//g' abc



---------- Post updated at 05:14 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:09 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMrOrange
Code:
's/"//g'
's/\"//g'

both work... tnx

anyway I still have a new empty line at the end of my output file... do you have any idea?
either:
  • you had an empty line in the original file
  • you had a single double-quote in the original file AND 'sed' substituted to nothing in the 'last' expression

Code:
sed -e 's/0x//g' -e 's/""/999999/' -e 's/"//g' -e '/^ *$/d' abc

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