Re: Help for Unix text file processing

On Thursday 07 June 2001 04:10, ALEMU Abiy wrote:
> But if I want to conserve the carriage return
>

Then change the script from '\n' to '\r\n'

Jared

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Jared Still [mailto:jkstill_at_cybcon.com]
> Envoyé : jeudi 7 juin 2001 12:36
> À : Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Objet : Re: Help for Unix text file processing
>
>
>
> Do it with Perl. If you don't know it, it's
> time to learn.
>
> This script will do it:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -pw
>
> chomp;
> next if /^\s+$/;
> $_ =~ s/^\s+(.*)$/$1\n/;
>
>
> run as my_script file_to_fix.txt > fixed_file.txt
>
> Jared
>
> On Wednesday 06 June 2001 07:55, you wrote:
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I am looking for some commands like ( grep, egrep, sed etc) to do the
> > > following on a Unix box.
> > >
> > > 1. Command to take out all the blank line from a text file. The blank
> > > line may include tabs and whitespaces.
> > > 2. Command to take out the trailing and starting blanks and tabs from
>
> the
>
> > > each line of the text file.
> > > 3. Command for the above two tasks combined.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Dharminder Kumar
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