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Hi ,

I have below input file

Code:

1.order number is useful.
2.vendor_id is produced.
3.the vandor name is "malawar".

I want output file like

Code:

1. order number is useful.
2. vendor_id is produced.
3. the vandor name is VmalawarV.

in input file line number 1.order number there is no space between . and order.
i want like 1. order number i want to include space between 1. and order.
Then If i found double quotes (") any where that has to be replaced with entitie number V.

Please help me to achieve this.

Thanks,
vinoth

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Try this,

Code:

 sed 's/\(\.\)/\1 /g; s/\"/\&#086/g' txt

Hi Indhumathy ,

It works but it is replacing all the .(dot).

I have the below line from the file as input

1.Hi this software version 1.0 is useful.But not used everywhere.

I want output like below

1. Hi this software version 1.0 is useful. But not used everywhere.

In I dont want to replace the .(dot) in some places.

I have to replace at the begining of the line 1. Hi this .
I have to replace at the end of each line useful. But not

Please help.

Kindly Try with this for replacing ".",

Code:

sed 's/\(\.\)\([a-zA-Z]\)/\1 \2/g' txt

Regards,
Indu

Thanks Indhu,it works thanks a lot.