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# 15  
Old 05-26-2011
coud you post the output of

Code:
od -bc tss.txt

# 16  
Old 05-26-2011
I think it's a problematic txt that i have to work. Your command works great for echo but when i try it with the file tyhat i have to work does strange things giving incorrect outpput

Because it's a big file i'm posting a part of the command output you asked
Code:
             \0      \0      \0      \0      \0      \0      \0      \0
12174400 174 000 040 000 174 000 060 000 060 000 060 000 060 000 060 000
          |  \0      \0   |  \0   0  \0   0  \0   0  \0   0  \0   0  \0
12174420 174 000 040 000 174 000 061 000 060 000 060 000 174 000 015 000
          |  \0      \0   |  \0   1  \0   0  \0   0  \0   |  \0  \r  \0
12174440 012 000 062 000 174 000 065 000 060 000 064 000 060 000 174 000
         \n  \0   2  \0   |  \0   5  \0   0  \0   4  \0   0  \0   |  \0
12174460 061 000 062 000 062 000 062 000 063 000 063 000 067 000 174 000
          1  \0   2  \0   2  \0   2  \0   3  \0   3  \0   7  \0   |  \0
12174500 060 000 174 000 060 000 071 000 057 000 060 000 065 000 057 000
          0  \0   |  \0   0  \0   9  \0   /  \0   0  \0   5  \0   /  \0
12174520 062 000 060 000 061 000 061 000 040 000 061 000 062 000 072 000
          2  \0   0  \0   1  \0   1  \0      \0   1  \0   2  \0   :  \0
12174540 060 000 060 000 174 000 060 000 071 000 057 000 061 000 061 000
          0  \0   0  \0   |  \0   0  \0   9  \0   /  \0   1  \0   1  \0
12174560 057 000 062 000 060 000 061 000 061 000 040 000 061 000 062 000
          /  \0   2  \0   0  \0   1  \0   1  \0      \0   1  \0   2  \0
12174600 072 000 060 000 060 000 174 000 060 000 061 000 057 000 060 000
          :  \0   0  \0   0  \0   |  \0   0  \0   1  \0   /  \0   0  \0
12174620 065 000 057 000 062 000 060 000 061 000 061 000 040 000 061 000
          5  \0   /  \0   2  \0   0  \0   1  \0   1  \0      \0   1  \0
12174640 062 000 072 000 060 000 060 000 174 000 040 000 174 000 067 000
          2  \0   :  \0   0  \0   0  \0   |  \0      \0   |  \0   7  \0
12174660 061 000 064 000 071 000 063 000 063 000 071 000 174 000 231 003
          1  \0   4  \0   9  \0   3  \0   3  \0   9  \0   |  \0 231 003
12174700 222 003 227 003 061 000 062 000 065 000 063 000 040 000 040 000
        222 003 227 003   1  \0   2  \0   5  \0   3  \0      \0      \0
12174720 040 000 174 000 040 000 174 000 060 000 060 000 174 000 040 000
             \0   |  \0      \0   |  \0   0  \0   0  \0   |  \0      \0
12174740 174 000 040 000 225 003 240 003 231 003 222 003 221 003 244 003
          |  \0      \0 225 003     003 231 003 222 003 221 003   � 003
12174760 231 003 232 003 221 003 040 000 231 003 224 003 056 000 247 003
        231 003 232 003 221 003      \0 231 003 224 003   .  \0   § 003
12175000 241 003 227 003 243 003 225 003 251 003 243 003 040 000 040 000
          ‘ 003 227 003   £ 003 225 003   © 003   £ 003      \0      \0
12175020 040 000 040 000 040 000 040 000 040 000 040 000 040 000 040 000
             \0      \0      \0      \0      \0      \0      \0      \0
12175040 040 000 040 000 040 000 040 000 040 000 040 000 040 000 174 000
             \0      \0      \0      \0      \0      \0      \0   |  \0
12175060 040 000 174 000 060 000 060 000 174 000 040 000 174 000 123 000

If it doesn't help i'll cut a smaller one, just take a look and tell me what you think
# 17  
Old 05-26-2011
give a try to this :
Code:
sed "s/\([^[:digit:]]\):/\1./g" tst.txt | tr -d '\0' >tss.txt

# 18  
Old 05-26-2011
Nope this doesn't work either. It's really strange with echo works great, when i try to run it for the txt it changes all the 12:00 to 12.00 , and generally everything from : to dot

Thanks for trying
# 19  
Old 05-27-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ctsgnb
Code:
$ echo "12:00 but i want to change AD:FG with AD.FG" | sed 's/\([[:alpha:]]\):/\1./g'
12:00 but i want to change AD.FG with AD.FG

I have a doubt, if I give
Code:
sed 's/\([A-Za-z]\)*:/\1./g'

or
Code:
sed 's/\([[:alpha:]]*\):/\1./g'

the output changes the 12:00 to 12.00, even though it is numerals. So, how the pattern is considering 12:00 as character string or alpha?
# 20  
Old 05-27-2011
Code:
$ cat /usr/share/misc/ascii | sed 's/[^[:print:]]//g' | fold -w 1 | sort | uniq | paste -sd" " -
   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
$ cat /usr/share/misc/ascii | sed 's/[^[:alnum:]]//g' | fold -w 1 | sort | uniq | paste -sd" " -
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
$ cat /usr/share/misc/ascii | sed 's/[^[:alpha:]]//g' | fold -w 1 | sort | uniq | paste -sd" " -
 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
$ cat /usr/share/misc/ascii | sed 's/[^[:rune:]]//g' | fold -w 1 | sort | uniq | paste -sd" " -
   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
$ cat /usr/share/misc/ascii | sed 's/[^[:punct:]]//g' | fold -w 1 | sort | uniq | paste -sd" " -
 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~
$ cat /usr/share/misc/ascii | sed 's/[^[:digit:]]//g' | fold -w 1 | sort | uniq | paste -sd" " -
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
$ cat /usr/share/misc/ascii | sed 's/[^[:graph:]]//g' | fold -w 1 | sort | uniq | paste -sd" " -
 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
$

---------- Post updated at 10:12 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:05 AM ----------

Code:
$ for i in graph rune print alnum alpha punct digit; do echo '[[:'$i':]]' ; sed 's/[^[:'$i':]]//g' /usr/share/misc/ascii | fold -w 1 | sort | uniq | paste -sd"\0" -; done
[[:graph:]]
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
[[:rune:]]
 !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
[[:print:]]
 !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
[[:alnum:]]
0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
[[:alpha:]]
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
[[:punct:]]
!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~
[[:digit:]]
0123456789

---------- Post updated at 10:20 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:12 AM ----------

@ Royal brahim : remove the wildcard

Code:
[ctsgnb@shell ~]$ echo "12:00" | sed 's/\([[:alpha:]]*\):/\1./g'
12.00
[ctsgnb@shell ~]$ echo "12:00" | sed 's/\([[:alpha:]]\):/\1./g'
12:00
[ctsgnb@shell ~]$

---------- Post updated at 10:21 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:20 AM ----------

... or add another square bracket :
Code:
[ctsgnb@shell ~]$ echo "12:00" | sed 's/\([[[:alpha:]]]*\):/\1./g'
12:00
[ctsgnb@shell ~]$

---------- Post updated at 10:24 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:21 AM ----------

or just
Code:
[ctsgnb@shell ~]$ echo "12:00" | sed 's/\([:alpha:]\):/\1./g'
12:00

All of the above was tested on a FreeBSD plateform

---------- Post updated at 10:29 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:24 AM ----------

... interesting behaviour :

Code:
[ctsgnb@shell ~]$ echo "12:00" | sed 's/\([:alpha:]*\):/\1./g'
12.00
[ctsgnb@shell ~]$ echo "12:00" | sed 's/\([[:alpha:]]*\):/\1./g'
12.00
[ctsgnb@shell ~]$ echo "12:00" | sed 's/\([[[:alpha:]]]*\):/\1./g'
12:00
[ctsgnb@shell ~]$

I have no idea why it behaves like this... does anybody have a clue ?
# 21  
Old 05-27-2011
Good question, the pattern is considered like this
Code:
|0|25/05/2011 12:00|25/11/2011 12:00| ΙΔ.Χ | #OΔ:ΕΥ| 100|

As you can see from the above example i have about 60.000 records like that. Every | separates a field. The first one is numeric( |0| ), then it's alphanumeric for the other fields
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