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I have a csv file which has a delimiter ~@~~@~ and sometimes ~@~. Same set of special characters ~@~~@~(I dont know how many but ~@~~@~*) appear at end of row which is a date field. So data in file is like
ABC~@~~@~TUV~@~~@~XYZ~@~PQR~@~13470~@~Management~@~Non-Employee IJK~@~T~@~12345~@~12345~@~abc@gmail.com~@~B~@~~@~~@~~@~6789~@~09/25/2017 11:31:22.000000~@~09/25/2017 3:22:03.000000~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~n
I need to remove the characters from Last Date field to End of line.
I have tried sed 's/~@~~@~~@~n*//g' File name>Replacedfilename.txt, but it retains one set of special characters at the end. Kindly provide your inputs
sed
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I have a csv file which has a delimiter ~@~~@~ and sometimes ~@~. Same set of special characters ~@~~@~(I dont know how many but ~@~~@~*) appear at end of row which is a date field. So data in file is like
ABC~@~~@~TUV~@~~@~XYZ~@~PQR~@~13470~@~Management~@~Non-Employee IJK~@~T~@~12345~@~12345~@~abc@gmail.com~@~B~@~~@~~@~~@~6789~@~09/25/2017 11:31:22.000000~@~09/25/2017 3:22:03.000000~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~n
I need to remove the characters from Last Date field to End of line.
I have tried sed 's/~@~~@~~@~n*//g' File name>Replacedfilename.txt, but it retains one set of special characters at the end. Kindly provide your inputs
sed
edited Dec 14 '17 at 19:37
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post the expected result
– RomanPerekhrest
Dec 14 '17 at 19:46
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If it is a CSV file with a special delimiter, then it seems more plausible that~@~~@~is an empty column (similar to,,in a CSV file with comma delimiters). If there are programs reading this file and you get rid of empty columns, are you sure that they are still going to work?
– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:24
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I have a csv file which has a delimiter ~@~~@~ and sometimes ~@~. Same set of special characters ~@~~@~(I dont know how many but ~@~~@~*) appear at end of row which is a date field. So data in file is like
ABC~@~~@~TUV~@~~@~XYZ~@~PQR~@~13470~@~Management~@~Non-Employee IJK~@~T~@~12345~@~12345~@~abc@gmail.com~@~B~@~~@~~@~~@~6789~@~09/25/2017 11:31:22.000000~@~09/25/2017 3:22:03.000000~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~n
I need to remove the characters from Last Date field to End of line.
I have tried sed 's/~@~~@~~@~n*//g' File name>Replacedfilename.txt, but it retains one set of special characters at the end. Kindly provide your inputs
sed
edited Dec 14 '17 at 19:37
nwildner
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asked Dec 14 '17 at 19:32
Manju
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I have a csv file which has a delimiter ~@~~@~ and sometimes ~@~. Same set of special characters ~@~~@~(I dont know how many but ~@~~@~*) appear at end of row which is a date field. So data in file is like
ABC~@~~@~TUV~@~~@~XYZ~@~PQR~@~13470~@~Management~@~Non-Employee IJK~@~T~@~12345~@~12345~@~abc@gmail.com~@~B~@~~@~~@~~@~6789~@~09/25/2017 11:31:22.000000~@~09/25/2017 3:22:03.000000~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~n
I need to remove the characters from Last Date field to End of line.
I have tried sed 's/~@~~@~~@~n*//g' File name>Replacedfilename.txt, but it retains one set of special characters at the end. Kindly provide your inputs
sed
edited Dec 14 '17 at 19:37
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edited Dec 14 '17 at 19:37
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post the expected result
– RomanPerekhrest
Dec 14 '17 at 19:46
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If it is a CSV file with a special delimiter, then it seems more plausible that~@~~@~is an empty column (similar to,,in a CSV file with comma delimiters). If there are programs reading this file and you get rid of empty columns, are you sure that they are still going to work?
– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:24
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post the expected result
– RomanPerekhrest
Dec 14 '17 at 19:46
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If it is a CSV file with a special delimiter, then it seems more plausible that~@~~@~is an empty column (similar to,,in a CSV file with comma delimiters). If there are programs reading this file and you get rid of empty columns, are you sure that they are still going to work?
– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:24
post the expected result
– RomanPerekhrest
Dec 14 '17 at 19:46
post the expected result
– RomanPerekhrest
Dec 14 '17 at 19:46
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2
If it is a CSV file with a special delimiter, then it seems more plausible that
~@~~@~ is an empty column (similar to ,, in a CSV file with comma delimiters). If there are programs reading this file and you get rid of empty columns, are you sure that they are still going to work?– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:24
If it is a CSV file with a special delimiter, then it seems more plausible that
~@~~@~ is an empty column (similar to ,, in a CSV file with comma delimiters). If there are programs reading this file and you get rid of empty columns, are you sure that they are still going to work?– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:24
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... | sed 's/(~@~)*$//'
to remove any number of ~@~ at end of line (assuming of course that the n in your sample represents the line-ending newline, and not a literal backslash and lowercase N.)
or in seds that support -E for extended regular expressions:
... | sed -E 's/(~@~)+$//'
or you could use awk -F'~@~' and handle the fields you need to at the same time.
answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:10
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Assuming the above data is in file f1.txt.
We can use the sed command and remove every occurrence of ~@~~@~ and ~@~.
I've replaced it with a blank space.
sed -e 's/~@~~@~/#/g;s/~@~/#/g;s/# */ /g' f1.txt > output.txt
Result
ABC TUV XYZ PQR 13470 Management Non-Employee IJK T 12345 12345 abc@gmail.com B 6789 09/25/2017 11:31:22.000000 09/25/2017 3:22:03.000000
answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:57
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cat file |sed 's/~@~~@~~@~//g' |sed 's/~@~$//'
the first sed remove the string ~@~~@~ and the second sed remove the last ~@~
answered Dec 14 '17 at 19:45
Emilio Galarraga
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it doesn't remove the ~@~ delimiters, the first sed removes the string ~@~~@~ and the second removes the ~@~ that remains at the end of the line
– Emilio Galarraga
Dec 14 '17 at 20:15
There's a pipe missing (although it would be better to get rid of thecataltogether). Also as @ilkkachu points out, you are getting rid of things in the middle of the line and you are only getting rid of a single delimiter at the end of the line.
– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:20
Sorry, I mean it removes the~@~~@~'s from the middle of the line, as in the beginning of the sample, here:ABC~@~~@~TUV. Not the single~@~'s, of course.
– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
@Nick, at EOL, it works, since the first one removes all doubled~@~'s, and the second removes the single one potentially left over at the end.
– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
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@user3333911, well, that will still remove the~@~'s in the middle, if some input happens to have two adjacent empty columns. That's not really a robust feature if the aim is to only remove the ones at the end of line. Now it will also leave one~@~in the end if their count is one less than a multiple of three (i.e. 3n + 2)
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... | sed 's/(~@~)*$//'
to remove any number of ~@~ at end of line (assuming of course that the n in your sample represents the line-ending newline, and not a literal backslash and lowercase N.)
or in seds that support -E for extended regular expressions:
... | sed -E 's/(~@~)+$//'
or you could use awk -F'~@~' and handle the fields you need to at the same time.
answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:10
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... | sed 's/(~@~)*$//'
to remove any number of ~@~ at end of line (assuming of course that the n in your sample represents the line-ending newline, and not a literal backslash and lowercase N.)
or in seds that support -E for extended regular expressions:
... | sed -E 's/(~@~)+$//'
or you could use awk -F'~@~' and handle the fields you need to at the same time.
answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:10
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... | sed 's/(~@~)*$//'
to remove any number of ~@~ at end of line (assuming of course that the n in your sample represents the line-ending newline, and not a literal backslash and lowercase N.)
or in seds that support -E for extended regular expressions:
... | sed -E 's/(~@~)+$//'
or you could use awk -F'~@~' and handle the fields you need to at the same time.
answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:10
ilkkachu
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... | sed 's/(~@~)*$//'
to remove any number of ~@~ at end of line (assuming of course that the n in your sample represents the line-ending newline, and not a literal backslash and lowercase N.)
or in seds that support -E for extended regular expressions:
... | sed -E 's/(~@~)+$//'
or you could use awk -F'~@~' and handle the fields you need to at the same time.
answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:10
ilkkachu
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answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:10
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answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:10
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answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:10
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Assuming the above data is in file f1.txt.
We can use the sed command and remove every occurrence of ~@~~@~ and ~@~.
I've replaced it with a blank space.
sed -e 's/~@~~@~/#/g;s/~@~/#/g;s/# */ /g' f1.txt > output.txt
Result
ABC TUV XYZ PQR 13470 Management Non-Employee IJK T 12345 12345 abc@gmail.com B 6789 09/25/2017 11:31:22.000000 09/25/2017 3:22:03.000000
answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:57
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Assuming the above data is in file f1.txt.
We can use the sed command and remove every occurrence of ~@~~@~ and ~@~.
I've replaced it with a blank space.
sed -e 's/~@~~@~/#/g;s/~@~/#/g;s/# */ /g' f1.txt > output.txt
Result
ABC TUV XYZ PQR 13470 Management Non-Employee IJK T 12345 12345 abc@gmail.com B 6789 09/25/2017 11:31:22.000000 09/25/2017 3:22:03.000000
answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:57
Prashant Luhar
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Assuming the above data is in file f1.txt.
We can use the sed command and remove every occurrence of ~@~~@~ and ~@~.
I've replaced it with a blank space.
sed -e 's/~@~~@~/#/g;s/~@~/#/g;s/# */ /g' f1.txt > output.txt
Result
ABC TUV XYZ PQR 13470 Management Non-Employee IJK T 12345 12345 abc@gmail.com B 6789 09/25/2017 11:31:22.000000 09/25/2017 3:22:03.000000
answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:57
Prashant Luhar
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Assuming the above data is in file f1.txt.
We can use the sed command and remove every occurrence of ~@~~@~ and ~@~.
I've replaced it with a blank space.
sed -e 's/~@~~@~/#/g;s/~@~/#/g;s/# */ /g' f1.txt > output.txt
Result
ABC TUV XYZ PQR 13470 Management Non-Employee IJK T 12345 12345 abc@gmail.com B 6789 09/25/2017 11:31:22.000000 09/25/2017 3:22:03.000000
answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:57
Prashant Luhar
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answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:57
Prashant Luhar
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answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:57
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answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:57
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cat file |sed 's/~@~~@~~@~//g' |sed 's/~@~$//'
the first sed remove the string ~@~~@~ and the second sed remove the last ~@~
answered Dec 14 '17 at 19:45
Emilio Galarraga
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it doesn't remove the ~@~ delimiters, the first sed removes the string ~@~~@~ and the second removes the ~@~ that remains at the end of the line
– Emilio Galarraga
Dec 14 '17 at 20:15
There's a pipe missing (although it would be better to get rid of thecataltogether). Also as @ilkkachu points out, you are getting rid of things in the middle of the line and you are only getting rid of a single delimiter at the end of the line.
– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:20
Sorry, I mean it removes the~@~~@~'s from the middle of the line, as in the beginning of the sample, here:ABC~@~~@~TUV. Not the single~@~'s, of course.
– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
@Nick, at EOL, it works, since the first one removes all doubled~@~'s, and the second removes the single one potentially left over at the end.
– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
1
@user3333911, well, that will still remove the~@~'s in the middle, if some input happens to have two adjacent empty columns. That's not really a robust feature if the aim is to only remove the ones at the end of line. Now it will also leave one~@~in the end if their count is one less than a multiple of three (i.e. 3n + 2)
– ilkkachu
Dec 15 '17 at 11:39
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cat file |sed 's/~@~~@~~@~//g' |sed 's/~@~$//'
the first sed remove the string ~@~~@~ and the second sed remove the last ~@~
answered Dec 14 '17 at 19:45
Emilio Galarraga
32628
it doesn't remove the ~@~ delimiters, the first sed removes the string ~@~~@~ and the second removes the ~@~ that remains at the end of the line
– Emilio Galarraga
Dec 14 '17 at 20:15
There's a pipe missing (although it would be better to get rid of thecataltogether). Also as @ilkkachu points out, you are getting rid of things in the middle of the line and you are only getting rid of a single delimiter at the end of the line.
– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:20
Sorry, I mean it removes the~@~~@~'s from the middle of the line, as in the beginning of the sample, here:ABC~@~~@~TUV. Not the single~@~'s, of course.
– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
@Nick, at EOL, it works, since the first one removes all doubled~@~'s, and the second removes the single one potentially left over at the end.
– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
1
@user3333911, well, that will still remove the~@~'s in the middle, if some input happens to have two adjacent empty columns. That's not really a robust feature if the aim is to only remove the ones at the end of line. Now it will also leave one~@~in the end if their count is one less than a multiple of three (i.e. 3n + 2)
– ilkkachu
Dec 15 '17 at 11:39
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cat file |sed 's/~@~~@~~@~//g' |sed 's/~@~$//'
the first sed remove the string ~@~~@~ and the second sed remove the last ~@~
answered Dec 14 '17 at 19:45
Emilio Galarraga
32628
cat file |sed 's/~@~~@~~@~//g' |sed 's/~@~$//'
the first sed remove the string ~@~~@~ and the second sed remove the last ~@~
answered Dec 14 '17 at 19:45
Emilio Galarraga
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edited Dec 15 '17 at 10:52
answered Dec 14 '17 at 19:45
Emilio Galarraga
32628
answered Dec 14 '17 at 19:45
Emilio Galarraga
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answered Dec 14 '17 at 19:45
Emilio Galarraga
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32628
it doesn't remove the ~@~ delimiters, the first sed removes the string ~@~~@~ and the second removes the ~@~ that remains at the end of the line
– Emilio Galarraga
Dec 14 '17 at 20:15
There's a pipe missing (although it would be better to get rid of thecataltogether). Also as @ilkkachu points out, you are getting rid of things in the middle of the line and you are only getting rid of a single delimiter at the end of the line.
– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:20
Sorry, I mean it removes the~@~~@~'s from the middle of the line, as in the beginning of the sample, here:ABC~@~~@~TUV. Not the single~@~'s, of course.
– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
@Nick, at EOL, it works, since the first one removes all doubled~@~'s, and the second removes the single one potentially left over at the end.
– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
1
@user3333911, well, that will still remove the~@~'s in the middle, if some input happens to have two adjacent empty columns. That's not really a robust feature if the aim is to only remove the ones at the end of line. Now it will also leave one~@~in the end if their count is one less than a multiple of three (i.e. 3n + 2)
– ilkkachu
Dec 15 '17 at 11:39
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it doesn't remove the ~@~ delimiters, the first sed removes the string ~@~~@~ and the second removes the ~@~ that remains at the end of the line
– Emilio Galarraga
Dec 14 '17 at 20:15
There's a pipe missing (although it would be better to get rid of thecataltogether). Also as @ilkkachu points out, you are getting rid of things in the middle of the line and you are only getting rid of a single delimiter at the end of the line.
– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:20
Sorry, I mean it removes the~@~~@~'s from the middle of the line, as in the beginning of the sample, here:ABC~@~~@~TUV. Not the single~@~'s, of course.
– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
@Nick, at EOL, it works, since the first one removes all doubled~@~'s, and the second removes the single one potentially left over at the end.
– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
1
@user3333911, well, that will still remove the~@~'s in the middle, if some input happens to have two adjacent empty columns. That's not really a robust feature if the aim is to only remove the ones at the end of line. Now it will also leave one~@~in the end if their count is one less than a multiple of three (i.e. 3n + 2)
– ilkkachu
Dec 15 '17 at 11:39
it doesn't remove the ~@~ delimiters, the first sed removes the string ~@~~@~ and the second removes the ~@~ that remains at the end of the line
– Emilio Galarraga
Dec 14 '17 at 20:15
it doesn't remove the ~@~ delimiters, the first sed removes the string ~@~~@~ and the second removes the ~@~ that remains at the end of the line
– Emilio Galarraga
Dec 14 '17 at 20:15
There's a pipe missing (although it would be better to get rid of the
cat altogether). Also as @ilkkachu points out, you are getting rid of things in the middle of the line and you are only getting rid of a single delimiter at the end of the line.– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:20
There's a pipe missing (although it would be better to get rid of the
cat altogether). Also as @ilkkachu points out, you are getting rid of things in the middle of the line and you are only getting rid of a single delimiter at the end of the line.– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:20
Sorry, I mean it removes the
~@~~@~'s from the middle of the line, as in the beginning of the sample, here: ABC~@~~@~TUV. Not the single ~@~'s, of course.– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
Sorry, I mean it removes the
~@~~@~'s from the middle of the line, as in the beginning of the sample, here: ABC~@~~@~TUV. Not the single ~@~'s, of course.– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
@Nick, at EOL, it works, since the first one removes all doubled
~@~'s, and the second removes the single one potentially left over at the end.– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
@Nick, at EOL, it works, since the first one removes all doubled
~@~'s, and the second removes the single one potentially left over at the end.– ilkkachu
Dec 14 '17 at 20:27
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@user3333911, well, that will still remove the
~@~'s in the middle, if some input happens to have two adjacent empty columns. That's not really a robust feature if the aim is to only remove the ones at the end of line. Now it will also leave one ~@~ in the end if their count is one less than a multiple of three (i.e. 3n + 2)– ilkkachu
Dec 15 '17 at 11:39
@user3333911, well, that will still remove the
~@~'s in the middle, if some input happens to have two adjacent empty columns. That's not really a robust feature if the aim is to only remove the ones at the end of line. Now it will also leave one ~@~ in the end if their count is one less than a multiple of three (i.e. 3n + 2)– ilkkachu
Dec 15 '17 at 11:39
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post the expected result
– RomanPerekhrest
Dec 14 '17 at 19:46
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If it is a CSV file with a special delimiter, then it seems more plausible that
~@~~@~is an empty column (similar to,,in a CSV file with comma delimiters). If there are programs reading this file and you get rid of empty columns, are you sure that they are still going to work?– NickD
Dec 14 '17 at 20:24