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orfeo 05-28-2007 05:44 AM
Add spaces to a file using bash
 
Hello, I've been trying lately to replace certain characters in a file with that same character, adding spaces before and after. I tried with sed and awk, but it doesn't seem to work. My script reads like this right now:

#!/bin/bash

for i in $( cat char_file );
do
p_space=" $i "
gawk -v pattern="$i" -v p_space=" $i " '{gsub(pattern,p_space);}' target_file

done

The characters include numbers, @, #...

May anybody lend me a hand?

Thanks in advance...

druuna 05-28-2007 07:58 AM
Hi,

Here's a solution using sed:
Code:
#!/bin/bash

for i in $( cat char_file )
do
  sed "s/$i/ $i /g" infile
done
Hope this helps.

orfeo 05-28-2007 09:39 AM
It still doesn't work
 
Thanks for answering but it doesn't work... I already tried something like that and it seems to me that sed has problems with the spaces...

druuna 05-28-2007 10:07 AM
Hi,

What doesn't work/ is the error message?

It seems to work on my box:
Code:
$ cat char_file
a
|
@

$ cat infile
that same a
this@that
foo|bar

$ ./blaat.sh
th a t s a me  a
this@th a t
foo|b a r
that same a
this@that
foo | bar
that same a
this @ that
foo|bar

orfeo 05-28-2007 10:32 AM
I beg your pardon, the char file was corrupt. It works right now. I changed it and everything went into place inmediately. I just don't know why I wasn't getting a error message. Thanks a lot for your assistance...

druuna 05-28-2007 10:34 AM
Hi,

Nice to read it works :)


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