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Old 02-17-2011
Awk to Search and Replace inside the pipe "|"
Hi,

Anyone can help me on how to replace the qoutes
inside the pipe | in my Text File like belows;
Code:
"AAAA"|"Test "1-A""|"Test AAAA"|"This is A"
"BBBB"|"Test "1-B""|"Test BBBB"|"This is B"
"CCCC"|"My Test C"|"Test "CCCC""|"This is C"

The output I need like belows;
Code:
"AAAA"|"Test 1-A"|"Test AAAA"|"This is A"
"BBBB"|"Test 1-B"|"Test BBBB"|"This is B"
"CCCC"|"My Test C"|"Test CCCC"|"This is C"


Thanks in Advance,
FSPalero
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-17-2011 at 06:31 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
# 2  
Old 02-17-2011
AWK
Code:
awk 'gsub("\"\"","\"")' infile

SED
Code:
sed 's/""/"/g' infile

# 3  
Old 02-17-2011
Code:
 $ ruby -i -ne 'print $_.gsub!(/""/,"\"")' file

# 4  
Old 02-17-2011
Code:
sed -i 's/""/"/g' /path/to/file

---------- Post updated at 02:40 AM ---------- Previous update was at 02:39 AM ----------

lol damn...too slow
# 5  
Old 02-17-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by pravin27
AWK
Code:
awk 'gsub("\"\"","\"")' infile

SED
Code:
sed 's/""/"/g' infile

it the same, giving an output;
Code:
$ awk 'gsub("\"\"","\"")' awk-test.txt
  "AAAA"|"Test "1-A"|"Test AAAA"|"This is A"
  "BBBB"|"Test "1-B"|"Test BBBB"|"This is B"
  "CCCC"|"My Test C"|"Test "CCCC"|"This is C"

Code:
$ sed 's/""/"/g' awk-test.txt
  "AAAA"|"Test "1-A"|"Test AAAA"|"This is A"
  "BBBB"|"Test "1-B"|"Test BBBB"|"This is B"
  "CCCC"|"My Test C"|"Test "CCCC"|"This is C"

Last edited by Franklin52; 02-17-2011 at 06:58 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 6  
Old 02-17-2011
@fspalero @pravin27 @kurumi @DC Slick:

You missed the " which is before the CCCC

Code:
sed 's/"//g;s:|:"|":g;s:.*:"&":' infile

Last edited by ctsgnb; 02-17-2011 at 06:51 AM..
# 7  
Old 02-17-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ctsgnb
Code:
sed 's/"//g;s:|:"|":g;s:.*:"&":' infile


hi ctsgnb, It worked like a charm. Thank you.
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