Steve,
Gotta see an awk in there too.. ;-)
For the experienced user:
#!/bin/sh
# tabs.awk
# Usage: cat Some_File | tabs.awk
# or cat Some_File | tabs.awk > New_File
awk '{gsub("\t","|",$0); print $0}'
#end tabs.awk
And for the inexperience users:
#!/bin/sh
# tabs.sh to change TABS to | (pipes)
# Usage: tabs.sh new old or
# tabs.sh will send output to stdout
#
old=$1
new=$2
case "${old}" in
"") echo "USAGE: `basename $0` old_file new_file" ; exit ;;
*) if [ -s "${old}" ]
then
/bin/true
else
echo "\"${old}\" does not exist. Please check filename and try again."
exit
fi
;;
esac
FILE=`cat "${old}" | awk '
{
gsub("\t","|",$0)
print $0
}'`
case "${new}" in
"") echo "${FILE}" ;;
*) if [ -s "${new}" ]
then
echo "\"${new}\" exists! Overwrite ? <y> or <n>"
read answer
case "${answer}" in
y|Y) echo "${FILE}" > "${new}"
echo "New file created: ${new}"
exit
;;
n|N) echo "Exiting... No work done..." ; exit ;;
*) echo "Invalid Option. y or n Only. Exiting..." ; exit ;;
esac
else
echo "${FILE}" > "${new}"
echo "New file created: ${new}"
exit
fi
;;
esac
#end tabs.sh
Have fun,
--
Rick L. Mantooth
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Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Steve Lee wrote:
> can someone show me a quick
> script to insert | in place of tabs
>
> for example: i have 40 lines with many columns
> delimited by tabs that require it to be delimited
> by | but in excel i can't do that. so
> i would export the excel file as a text delimited by
> tabs than would like a script to insert | in place of
> the tab.
>
> please help.
>
> this would save so much time for me.
>
>
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