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Old 11-15-2009
Translating the same file
I want to strip off '\032' character from a file using:

tr -d '\032' < oldfile > newfile

this outputs the contents of oldfile to newfile, but I wanna do that in the same file i.e. remove the \032 character from the old file. I tried:

tr -d '\032' < oldfile > oldfile

But the oldfile contents were lost. How to do that?

Thanks
Last edited by gagan8877; 11-15-2009 at 08:19 PM..
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Old 11-15-2009
Code:
tr -d '\032' < oldfile > newfile 
mv newfile oldfile

# 3  
Old 11-16-2009
Those are 2 cmds - I am trying to fit this in Datastage Cmd Exec Activity. I need 1 cmd with some kindda pipe or something. Is it possible to do that in one?
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Old 11-16-2009
Put the commands in a shell script and put the shell script in your "Datastage Cmd Exec Activity" (whatever that is).
 
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