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I am trying to rename files with spaces and other characters and not able to be successful.
FileNames:
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I have a "|" delimited file that is exported from a database.
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Hello All,
I am facing challenges in order to transfer a file from windows to unix box,the file contains a special character '×' ,now when I am transferring the file from windows to unix that special character converted to something else like 'Ã' ,another thing I have noticed that the hardware is... (1 Reply)
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Hi All,
i am trying to remove all special charecters().,/\~!@#%^$*&^_- and others from a tab delimited file.
I am using the following code.
while read LINE
do
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Hi,
I am stuck with a problem here.
Suppose i have a variable which is assigned some string containing special charatcers. for eg:
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