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Old 01-29-2008
Script to find and remove characters
Hi.

I have many files in a folder, and even more in the subfolders. I need a script that finds and removes certain characters (them being /n in this one) in the files in the folder and it's subfolders.

So, could someone write me a script that works in Linux, does this:

Searchs for "/n" in all files in the folder and it's subfolders.
Removes the "/n" from all the files

Thank you VERY much, I'm really a newbie in these things and I need this badly.
# 2  
Old 01-29-2008
You may be new, but what have you tried so far?
# 3  
Old 01-29-2008
I've been trying to google, and find the code from this forum. But, I have to say, I don't really know anything about this kind of coding, so:

I haven't really tried nothing.

I just got this task, as I'm in work atm, with "nothing better to do".

As said, if you can write me such code, I would appreciate it very much.
# 4  
Old 01-29-2008
for i in `find . -type f`
do
cat $i|tr -d '\n' > newfile
mv newfile $i
done
# 5  
Old 01-29-2008
I don't write code for people, I prefer to help them with their code, but there are many others here that will write the code for you, as pt14 has done.
# 6  
Old 01-30-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by pt14
for i in `find . -type f`
do
cat $i|tr -d '\n' > newfile
mv newfile $i
done
beware of files with spaces. put quotes around `find....`
Also, quote your variables and forget about the cat.
Code:
...
tr -d "\n" < "$i" > newfile
...

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