replace delimiter : with '\001' in unix data file

spandu · April 22, 2006, 4:07am

HI

can any one tell me how to replace a delimiter : with another delimiter '\001' it is a non printable octal character.

thanks in adv

spandu

spandu · April 22, 2006, 9:02am

actually this need to done on a unix data file

vgersh99 · April 22, 2006, 9:21am

look into 'man tr'

jim_mcnamara · April 22, 2006, 10:41pm

tr -s ':' '\001' <somefile >newfile

spandu · April 25, 2006, 8:51am

thanks a lot