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Old 09-07-2008
how to use sed command with alphabetical and spaces?
If have a problem with this command:

name="toe der"
echo $name | sed -e 's/[^[:alpha:]]//g'

it will become:

toeder

how to make it back to original?
Last edited by elenatec; 09-07-2008 at 02:19 AM.. Reason: forget to put "" for string
# 2  
Old 09-07-2008
try with space between / /:

Code:
echo $name | sed -e 's/[^[:alpha:]]/ /g'

# 3  
Old 09-07-2008
name="toe der"
echo $name | sed -e 's/[^[:alpha:]]//g'

it will become:

toeder

then still if u do :
echo $name
it show: toe der
# 4  
Old 09-07-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by RahulJoshi
name="toe der"
echo $name | sed -e 's/[^[:alpha:]]//g'

it will become:

toeder

then still if u do :
echo $name
it show: toe der
Could you please tell me your exact requirement?
# 5  
Old 09-07-2008
echo $name | sed -e 's/[^[:alpha:]]//g' > tmp1

if [ `more tmp1 | wc -m` -gt 1 ]; then
if [ `cat tmp1` != $name ]; then
echo -e "Not valid"
else
echo -e "valid"
fi
fi

something like this
i need to input and only accept character with spaces or whitout spaces.
# 6  
Old 09-07-2008
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Old 09-07-2008
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