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# 1  
Old 11-09-2009
SED + "tab" character
hi all,

i would like your help with the "sed" command

GIVEN a file with the following format, let s say :
Code:
In the house, there are
	no.PCs	3

WHAT i would like to do is to replace the value "3" with another number

IF i type the sed command like this :
Code:
sed 's/'no.PCs[^t]3'/'no.PCs[^t]1'/g' [ooops] > [ooops].temp

i manage to change the value of "3" to "1"
BUT i am not able to insert a "tab" between the "no.PCs" and "1"
and i do not know why Smilie

i would be thankful for any useful comments

PS. i have attached the "[ooops]" file that describes the format i mentioned earlier
[ooops].txt (372 Bytes) 
# 2  
Old 11-09-2009
Try:
Code:
sed 's/no\.PCs\t3/no.PCs\t1/g'

# 3  
Old 11-09-2009
Code:
awk  '/no\.PC/{gsub($NF,"1")}1' file

# 4  
Old 11-09-2009
thank you for your interest, at first.

@Scrutinizer : doesn t seem to do the right thing
@ghostdog74 : does the right thing BUT could you help me by explaining :
1. what is the purpose of the last --->1<--- in :
Code:
awk  '/no\.PC/{gsub($NF,"1")}1' file

2. when i execute this command, the output file now includes the following :
Code:
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1038\cocoasubrtf110
{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
\paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww9000\viewh8400\viewkind0
\pard\tx566\tx1133\tx1700\tx2267\tx2834\tx3401\tx3968\tx4535\tx5102\tx5669\tx6236\tx6803\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural

\f0\fs24 \cf0 In the house, there are\
	no.PCs	1

is there any idea how NOT to include all this metadata information ?

thank you again
# 5  
Old 11-09-2009
the "1" is just short form to print. you can write this way
Code:
awk  '/no\.PC/{gsub($NF,"1")}{print}' file

when you posted your sample, you didn't include those metadata. next time, give as much information as close to your actual input as possible. So , again, what's really your final output?
# 6  
Old 11-09-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by OneDreamCloser
thank you for your interest, at first.

@Scrutinizer : doesn t seem to do the right thing
On my system it does this:
Code:
$> sed 's/no\.PCs\t3/no.PCs\t1/g' infile
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1038\cocoasubrtf110
{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
\paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww9000\viewh8400\viewkind0
\pard\tx566\tx1133\tx1700\tx2267\tx2834\tx3401\tx3968\tx4535\tx5102\tx5669\tx6236\tx6803\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural

\f0\fs24 \cf0 In the house, there are\
        no.PCs  1}

Perhaps your sed is '\t' challenged..
# 7  
Old 11-09-2009
the input file contains only this text :
Code:
In the house, there are
	no.PCs	3

but, when i execute :
Code:
awk  '/no\.PC/{gsub($NF,"1")}{print}' [ooops] > [ooops].temp

the output file contains this text :
Code:
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1038\cocoasubrtf110
{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
\paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww9000\viewh8400\viewkind0
\pard\tx566\tx1133\tx1700\tx2267\tx2834\tx3401\tx3968\tx4535\tx5102\tx5669\tx6236\tx6803\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural

\f0\fs24 \cf0 In the house, there are\
	no.PCs	1


U P D A T E :
ok, if i create the file using the touch command, everything works just fine
thank you all for helping me
Last edited by OneDreamCloser; 11-09-2009 at 09:49 AM..
 
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