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Old 04-15-2013
Swap words using sed
Hi. I have to swap the first and the third word in all lines of a txt file using sed.
Separators between words are: any charachter, except [a-zA-Z] intervall.
I hope, you'll understand what I want to do. my english is not so good, sorry for thatSmilie
# 2  
Old 04-15-2013
Can you post your sample data?
# 3  
Old 04-15-2013
example:
Code:
egy dfdsf ketto sada

-->i need to get the line:
Code:
ketto dfdsf egy sada

Code:
alma:a korte*szilva narancs

->i need to get the line:
Code:
szilva:a korte*alma narancs

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-15-2013 at 02:46 PM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 04-15-2013
I guess the first one is easier. Are there any other separators other than <space> ?

Like in your second line, * : are also considered like that
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Old 04-15-2013
... couldn't align the words properly...
Last edited by durden_tyler; 04-15-2013 at 12:13 PM.. Reason: The forum software messes up the vertical line positions and also the word spacing...
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Old 04-15-2013
durden_tyler, your example is correct. I have to get something like that

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Quote:
Originally Posted by PikK45
I guess the first one is easier. Are there any other separators other than <space> ?

Like in your second line, * : are also considered like that
* ,: are separators

---------- Post updated at 06:49 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:35 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by T720
durden_tyler, your example is correct. I have to get something like that

---------- Post updated at 06:35 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:20 PM ----------



* ,: are separators
any charachter is considered separator, except charachters which are between [a-z] or [A-Z]
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Old 04-15-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by T720
durden_tyler, your example is correct. I have to get something like that

---------- Post updated at 06:35 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:20 PM ----------



* ,: are separators

---------- Post updated at 06:49 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:35 PM ----------



any charachter is considered separator, except charachters which are between [a-z] or [A-Z]
I'm confused.

You say durden_tyler's example is correct, but there is no example in durden_tyler's posting in this thread.

You said that you want:
Quote:
alma:a korte*szilva narancs->i need to get the line: szilva:a korte*alma narancs
, but if all non-alphabetic characters are separators, why shouldn't:
Code:
alma:a korte*szilva narancs

be changed to:
Code:
korte:a alma*szilva narancs

instead of to:
Code:
szilva:a korte*alma narancs
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