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cat –v $filename | sed –e ‘s/\^@/ /g’ > filename.dat
Can some one please explain what the below stmt does
cat –v $filename | sed –e ‘s/\^@/ /g’ > filename.dat
any help would be greatly appreciated
cat –v $filename | sed –e ‘s/\^@/ /g’ > filename.dat
any help would be greatly appreciated
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Aha, found it.
^@ is the NULL (or NUL) character. So, here you're replacing NULLs with spaces.
^@ is the NULL (or NUL) character. So, here you're replacing NULLs with spaces.
> s/\^@/ /g’
replace any occurance of the string literal ^@ by a single space
replace any occurance of the string literal ^@ by a single space
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Thnk you
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