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Old 03-08-2012
String manipulation using ksh script
Hi,

I need to convert string "(joe.smith" into "joe_smith"
i.e. I need to remove the leading opening brace '(' and replace the dot '.' with an under score '_'

can anyone suggest a one liner ksh script or unix command for this please
# 2  
Old 03-08-2012
In bash/ksh you can do:

Code:
$ NAME="(joe.smith"
$ NAME=${NAME#\(}
$ NAME=${NAME/./_}
$ echo $NAME
joe_smith

---------- Post updated at 11:11 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:03 AM ----------

One lines (lol):
Code:
$ NAME="(joe.smith"; TNAME=${NAME#\(}; echo ${TNAME/./_}
joe_smith
 
$ echo '(joe.smith' | tr -d '(' | tr '.' '_'
joe_smith
 
$ echo '(joe.smith' | sed -e 's/^(//' -e 's/\./_/'
joe_smith
 
$ echo '(joe.smith' | awk '{gsub(/^\(/, ""); gsub(/\./, "_")} 1'
joe_smith

Last edited by Chubler_XL; 03-08-2012 at 09:17 PM.. Reason: Checked and fixed for ksh
# 3  
Old 03-09-2012
For smaller file size or single line..this cud be the best

echo '(joe.smith' |sed 's/^(//g'|sed 's/\./_/g'
# 4  
Old 03-09-2012
Thanks you guys .. it worked !
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