I would like to have experts help on below action.
I have text files in which page nubmers exists in form like
Code:
PAGE : 1
PAGE : 2
PAGE : 3
and so on there is other text too. I would like to know is it possible to check the last occurance of Page numer and replace this value as below
Code:
PAGE : 1 of 3
PAGE : 2 of 3
PAGE : 3 of 3
Similarly I have to replace some text with blank spaces.
i.e the text is like ***Disclaimer Statement**** . Can I replace this with spaces. This text is Fixed and always occured in the end of every text file.
Regards,
Hassan
---------- Post updated at 02:53 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:38 AM ----------
Further to update that I have tried to replace the text
Code:
***Disclaimer Statement *****
with blank spaces, but the sign * not replacing only the Alphabets were replaced I sued below code.
Code:
cd /text
find /text -name 'c*.txt' |
while read filename
do
cat $filename | sed 's/****Disclaimer Statement *****\(\)/\1/' > temp.txt
mv temp.txt $filename
done
Similarly received error
Code:
0403-057 Syntax error at line 9 : `'' is not matched.
while replacing
Code:
FORBANK'S POLICY
thru above code
Kindly advice.
Regards,
Hassan
Last edited by radoulov; 02-10-2011 at 05:19 AM..
Reason: Code tags, please!
I have tried but the page no reformatting is not working. I have uploaded the sample file names "test.txt". Kindly note that the contents are purely dummy.
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Code:
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