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# tr
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2015-03-14 11:05:19 +00:00
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> translate characters - run replacements based on single characters and character sets
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2015-03-12 08:41:54 +00:00
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2015-03-14 15:34:38 +00:00
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- Replace all occurrences of a character in a file, and print the result
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2015-03-12 08:41:54 +00:00
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2015-03-14 11:05:19 +00:00
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`tr {{find_characters}} {{replace_characters}} < {{filename}}`
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2015-03-14 15:34:38 +00:00
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- Map each character of the first set to the corresponding character of the second set.
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`tr 'abcd' 'jkmn' < {{filename}}`
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- Delete all occurances of the specified set of characters from the input.
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`tr -d '{{input_characters}}'`
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2015-03-14 15:34:38 +00:00
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- Compress a series of identical characters to a single character.
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`tr -s '\n'`
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2015-03-14 15:34:38 +00:00
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- Translate the contents of the file to upper-case and print result.
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`tr "[:lower:]" "[:upper:]" < {{filename}}`
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2015-03-14 15:34:38 +00:00
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- Strip out non-printable characters from the file and print result.
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`tr -cd "[:print:]" < {{filename}}`
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