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Old 03-31-2011
Replace with spaces
Hi Guys

Code:
[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/c104058/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG]sed 's/[^A-Za-z0-9]//g' /source/filename.txt > /destination/filename.txt

The above code deletes the characters which are not A-Z, a-z and 0-9, but I wanted to replace it with space without deleting them.

Any help is appreciated

---------- Post updated at 12:28 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:27 PM ----------

Guys...Here is the code

Code:
sed 's/[^A-Za-z0-9]//g' /source/filename.txt > /destination/filename.txt

# 2  
Old 03-31-2011
tr command?
Code:
$ echo @ABC123DEF#
@ABC123DEF#

$ echo @ABC123DEF# | tr "[:alnum:]" " "
@         #

# 3  
Old 03-31-2011
Just the space
Add the space between the //

Code:
[rmtzcx@rmtzcx02 ~]$ echo @ABC123DEF# | sed 's/[A-Za-z0-9]/ /g'
@         #

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