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# 1  
Old 10-27-2009
Simple find and replace with AWK
I am trying to write a find and replace script with AWK and I can't seem to get it to work. I need it to find this exact string *P*: and replace the P with a T or just replcare the whole thing with *T*:.

this is what I have tried
Code:
awk 'BEGIN {gsub(/\*P*:/,"\*T*:"); print}' ${INFILE} > ${INFILE}.out

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Last edited by zaxxon; 10-27-2009 at 11:44 AM.. Reason: use code tags please
# 2  
Old 10-27-2009
to replace exact string, you can try not using / /
Code:
awk '{gsub("*p*","")}1' file

# 3  
Old 10-27-2009
Code:
awk '{gsub(/\*P\*:/,"\*T\*:"); print}' infile

Remove the BEGIN and escape the second * in the pattern and replacement too.
# 4  
Old 10-27-2009
Does not work, just does nothing.

---------- Post updated at 09:54 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:51 AM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by zaxxon
Code:
awk '{gsub(/\*P\*:/,"\*T\*:"); print}' infile

Remove the BEGIN and escape the second * in the pattern and replacement too.
Get this message
awk: warning: escape sequence `\*' treated as plain `*'
and then is sits and does nothing.
# 5  
Old 10-28-2009
Code:
l> awk '{gsub(/*P*:/,"*T*:"); print}' infile
lala *P*T*:lala

If you have nawk on your system try using that. Or try that one:
Code:
sed 's/\*P\*:/\*T\*:/g' infile
lala *T*:lala

If still nothing of this works on your box, post a snippet of your input.
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