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#+options: toc:nil num:nil author:nil
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2022-07-03 21:06:29 +02:00
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* Using 'sed' to substitute text
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"~sed~" is a stream editor for filtering and transforming text"...
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This command in emacs editor
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: M-x woman [RET] sed
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Visits the following file with info about ~sed~
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usr/share/man/man1/sed.1.gz
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A brief example:
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I have a long comma separated text file with strings and
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need to include a line break after each comma (\n)
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: cat filetest
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#+RESULTS:
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|'string1',|'string2', |'string3'|
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Using ~sed~ and redirecting the output to "filetest1"
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: $ sed 's/\,/&\n/g' filetest > filetest1
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#+RESULTS:
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| 'string1', |
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| 'string2', |
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| 'string3' |
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