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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I currently have flat file with 32 columns. The field delimiter is cntl-A ( \x01). The file has been extracted from an oracle table using a datastage job. However, in the 6th field, the data contains additional control -A characters which came as a part of the table data.
I need... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: harsha1238
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2. Red Hat
Hi Guys,
We receive some huge files on to Linux server. Source system use FTP mechanism to transfer these files on our server. Occasionally one record is getting corrupted while transfer, some control characters are injecting into the file. How to fix this issue ? please advice ?
Sample... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: srikanth38
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
How can I view control and special characters of a text file?. For example, space, tabs, new line chars etc.
Can I use hexdump for it?
Thanks (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: reddyr
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Please excuse for posting new thread on control characters,
I am facing some difficulties in removing the control character from a file extracted from top command,
i am able to see control characters using more command and in vi mode, through cat control characters are not visible ... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: karthikram
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Greetings..
getting the error while execution of the script, correct where i am missing
#!/bin/bash
DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d:::%H:%M`
HOSTNAME=`hostname`
TXT="/log/temp.txt"
LOGPATH="/log1/commanlogs/"
IP=`/sbin/ifconfig | grep -i inet| head -n1| awk '{print $2}'| awk -F : '{print $2}'`... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: manju98458
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
I have to create a file with 3 columns A,B,C. I have to read the column A,B values from a text pad. Where as Column a contains approximately 10 values and column B has 1 value which is constant. Column C is a version control column ,initially the value would be 1. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Inform123
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a .xml file in unix. We are passing this file through a xml parser.
But we are getting some control characters from input file and XML parser is failing for the control character in file.Now I am getting following error,
Error at byte 243206625 of file filename_$.xml:
Error... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: fantushmayu
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can anyone seem to know how to find out whether a UNIX text file has 'hidden' control characters?
Can I view them using 'vi' by some command line options?
If there are control characters in a text file which are invisible/hidden.. then how do I get rid of them?
Your intelletual answers are... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: kewl_guy
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
UNIX gurus:
Following is what I am trying to do:
I need to create a control file for another file that I am creating. The information needed in the control file is the date in YYYYMMDD format and then the number of records in the other file right justified and lpadded with spaces of 20.
So... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: alfredo123
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10. Programming
What is the best method to identify an remove control characters in a file. Would it be easier to do this in Unix or in C. (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: oracle8
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