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Old 11-30-2012
Java sed find and replace command not working
Hi,
Am trying to replace a character '-' with 'O' in position 289 in my file but am not success with below command.
Code:
sed 's/^\(.\{289\}\)-/\1O/' filename
 
sed: 0602-404 Function s/^\(.\{289\}\)-/\1O/ cannot be parsed.

Thanks in Advance
Sara

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Last edited by Franklin52; 12-01-2012 at 10:51 AM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 11-30-2012
I think sed has a limitation, you cannot specify more than 255 in curly braces "\{ \}", then you will get the following error:-
Code:
cannot be parsed.

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Old 11-30-2012
Java
Is there any alternative for this issue?
# 4  
Old 11-30-2012
try:
Code:
sed 's/^\(.\{200\}.\{89\}\)-/\1O/' filename

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Old 11-30-2012
It worked fine .
Great! Thanks alot.Smilie

---------- Post updated at 04:34 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:30 PM ----------

Is there way to write that into new file?

I tried with
sed 's/^\(.\{200\}.\{89\}\)-/\1O/' file1 > file2 but i got the content in the file2 with old data of file1.
Last edited by radoulov; 12-03-2012 at 11:20 AM..
# 6  
Old 11-30-2012
Yes, you have to break the number 289=255+34:-
Code:
sed 's/^\(.\{255\}.\{34\}\)-/\1O/' infile

EDIT: make sure you have a - sign at this position, otherwise the replace will not happen.
Last edited by Yoda; 11-30-2012 at 05:42 PM..
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Old 11-30-2012
Java
I got it Thanks!.Smilie
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