how to make ABC into "ABC" ina file

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

suppose u have a file
ABC CDF ADF FDG HAA AHH AHA

so output shud be like
"ABC" "CDF" "ADF" FDG " "HAA" "AHH" "AHA"

2 
while read N
do
   for d in N
   do
       echo \"$d\"
   done
done <file
3 
sed 's/[^ ]*/"&"/g' filename
4 
echo "ABC CDF ADF FDG HAA AHH AHA" | awk '{ for ( i=1; i<=NF; i++ ) { printf "\"%s\" ", $i } }END{ printf "\n" }'
5

as simple as this...using sed..

sed 's/[a-zA-Z]*/"&"/g' filename

cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam

6

Hi, try this one.

echo ABC CDF ADF FDG HAA AHH AHA | sed 's/\([a-zA-Z]\{3\}\)/\"&\"/g'
7

same thing i wanted to try using file
but it is not working
inputfile.txt
content is "ABC CDF ADF FDG HAA AHH AHA"

8

this works
if follows wht cherry have written
sed 's/\([a-zA-Z]\{3\}\)/\"&\"/g' <input.text

where urs input.txt contains contents ABC CDF ADF FDG HAA AHH AHA..
check

9

Hi,

I hope the following will give the required output:

echo '"'`sed 's/ /" "/g' ns.txt`'"'

The file ns.txt will have ABC CDF ADF FDG HAA AHH AHA

Regards,
Chella