Converting extended ascii (ë,ô) in bash script

Hko · 11-11-2004, 09:57 AM

Hi,

I need to convert extended characters like ê ö (hope it displays in your browser) to their normal ones in a bash script. So: 'ë' becomes 'e', etc.

Can somebody tell mee how I could do that? Preferably using standard tools available (sed, awk, tr or similar)?

Thanks in advance.

Hko · 11-11-2004, 11:39 AM

OK, I've already found a blunt solution that works (at least on SuSE's default charset), which is enough for me now. I discovered there no general way to do this.

For people interested:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

sed \
-e 's/ä/a/g' \
-e 's/á/a/g' \
-e 's/à/a/g' \
-e 's/â/a/g' \
\
-e 's/ë/e/g' \
-e 's/é/e/g' \
-e 's/è/e/g' \
-e 's/ê/e/g' \
\
-e 's/ï/i/g' \
-e 's/í/i/g' \
-e 's/ì/i/g' \
-e 's/î/i/g' \
\
-e 's/ö/o/g' \
-e 's/ó/o/g' \
-e 's/ò/o/g' \
-e 's/ô/o/g' \
-e 's/ø/o/g' \
\
-e 's/ü/u/g' \
-e 's/ú/u/g' \
-e 's/ù/u/g' \
-e 's/û/u/g' \
\
-e 's/ÿ/y/g' \
-e 's/ý/y/g' \
\
-e 's/ñ/n/g' \
\
-e 's/ÿ/y/g' \
-e 's/ý/y/g' \
\
-e 's/ñ/n/g' \
\
-e 's/ä/A/g' \
-e 's/Á/A/g' \
-e 's/À/A/g' \
-e 's/Â/A/g' \
\
-e 's/Ë/E/g' \
-e 's/É/E/g' \
-e 's/È/E/g' \
-e 's/Ê/E/g' \
\
-e 's/Ï/I/g' \
-e 's/Í/I/g' \
-e 's/Ì/I/g' \
-e 's/Î/I/g' \
\
-e 's/Ö/O/g' \
-e 's/Ó/O/g' \
-e 's/Ò/O/g' \
-e 's/Ô/O/g' \
-e 's/Ø/O/g' \
\
-e 's/Ü/U/g' \
-e 's/Ú/U/g' \
-e 's/Ù/U/g' \
-e 's/Û/U/g' \
\
-e 's/Ý/Y/g' \
\
-e 's/Ñ/n/g' \
\
"$0"

# End Of Script

Hko · 11-11-2004, 12:06 PM

Better yet:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

sed \
-e 's/[äáàâ]/a/g'  \
-e 's/[ëéèê]/e/g'  \
-e 's/[ïíìî]/i/g'  \
-e 's/[öóòôø]/o/g' \
-e 's/[üúùû]/u/g'  \
-e 's/[ÿý]/y/g'    \
-e 's/ñ/n/g'       \
\
-e 's/[ÄÁÀÂ]/A/g'  \
-e 's/[ËÉÈÊ]/E/g'  \
-e 's/[ÏÍÌÎ]/I/g'  \
-e 's/[ÖÓÒÔØ]/O/g' \
-e 's/[ÜÚÙÛ]/U/g'  \
-e 's/Ý/Y/g'       \
-e 's/Ñ/n/g'       \
\
"$1"

SwaJime · 06-01-2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hko

Hi,

I need to convert extended characters like ê ö (hope it displays in your browser) to their normal ones in a bash script. So: 'ë' becomes 'e', etc.

Can somebody tell mee how I could do that? Preferably using standard tools available (sed, awk, tr or similar)?

Thanks in advance.

A little late, as usual, but this question was also asked in another thread. I posted the solution in that thread -> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3559031