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Old 01-22-2014
Replacing a character between two numbers
Hi, I need to replace a character between two numbers (specifically a - to a _). The problem is that they can be *any* numbers. So, I need a one liner to turn a file like this:

Code:
1-2
3-4
55-66
4323-12312893

into the following
Code:
1_2
3_4
55_66
4323_12312893

Any help would be appreciated!
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 01-23-2014 at 02:05 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 01-22-2014
Code:
sed 's#\([0-9]\+\)\(-\)\([0-9]\+\)#\1_\3#' file

# 3  
Old 01-22-2014
Hm, that doesn't seem to be working. I tried using tr with [:digit:] but with no use. Any other ideas? Sorry I am not proficient with sed

---------- Post updated at 10:37 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:29 PM ----------

Code:
sed 's/\([0-9]\)-\([-0-9]\)/\1\_\2/g'

seems to work. thanks for getting me started. from: http://www.windowslinuxosx.com/q/ans...rs-224042.html
# 4  
Old 01-23-2014
I don't know how is your real input, for give input this will work

Code:
$ cat <<test | awk 'gsub(/-/,"_")'
1-2
3-4
55-66
4323-12312893
test

1_2
3_4
55_66
4323_12312893

Code:
$ awk 'gsub(/-/,"_")' file

# 5  
Old 01-23-2014
Note: \+ is GNU sed only.
# 6  
Old 01-23-2014
Why not use (ba)sh builtins?
OSX 10.7.5, default bash terminal.
Code:
Last login: Thu Jan 23 08:04:51 on ttys000
AMIGA:barrywalker~> text="1-2
> 3-4
> 55-66
> 4323-12312893"
AMIGA:barrywalker~> echo "$text"
1-2
3-4
55-66
4323-12312893
AMIGA:barrywalker~> text=$(echo "${text//-/_}")
AMIGA:barrywalker~> echo "$text"
1_2
3_4
55_66
4323_12312893
AMIGA:barrywalker~> _

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