Questions tagged [text-processors]
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How to hyphenate texts on the command line
I want to split the content of a text file into its syllables (or I simply want to hyphenate it; I don't want to get into the scientifically/lingualistically correct details like here: https://tex....
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Iteratively find all lines starting with X and move above next line starting with Y
I have a file like this:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
Consectetur adipiscing elit.
MATCH1 Quis autem vel!
Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
MATCH1 Eum iure ...
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How to find unique lines from each file given 3 text files
I have 3 text files with some unique IDs and I want to keep only unique IDs in each text file. Let's say there are 3 files (A, B and C). If an ID of "abc" appears in A and B, it needs to be removed ...
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Parsing inconsistently formatted text data using Excel
I'm having difficulty parsing text from a spreadsheet. I have a spreadsheet with hundreds of records that look similar to the below example (this is all in one cell):
7431340 03 POOLS E TECHNOLOGIES ...
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Identifying leading line space - Shell script
I have a sample file like below. There are leading whitespaces. Is there a way to detect them and print the exact line number which contains the whitespace using a shell script?
test space at back
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How to delete text after 3rd line in multiple files
I'm looking for a way so I can delete lines in text files after a specific line.
for example, a file contains 5 lines. I want to delete lines after the third line. see,
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
xxxxxx
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Using one text file as a modified 'stencil' for other text files with forms
(rephrasing the question for better clarity.)
Suppose I have 1000 text files. Each file is a textual form, with fixed field descriptions and headers, but the data is different. For example, file 1:
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Unix tool to output first n characters in an UTF-8 encoded file
I want to print the first 1000 characters in an UTF-8 encoded file. I know that the head tool can print the first n bytes of a file, but it may cut a character in the middle so that I get garbled ...
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How to replace part of a text file between markers with another text file?
Say I have a text file like this:
# custom content section
a
b
### BEGIN GENERATED CONTENT
c
d
### END GENERATED CONTENT
I'd like to replace the portion between the GENERATED CONTENT tags with the ...
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grep file for only part of line
I have a rtf file that I'm using grep on like this
grep "Order Number" 'Extract Text Output.rtf'
which results in lines that look like this
\b\fs28 \cf2 Fab Order Number : FAB00772450\
and I ...
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how to set multiple white spaces (ex: tabs) as delimiters in bash's `cut`
I want to retrieve the cpu usage/free percentage from mpstat output. The bash cut can be used to retrieve such details but i dont know what should be the delimiter viz.
[idlecool@archbitch proc]$ ...
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Text formatter tools
I make notes in textual format, for example:
## TODO list
1. do this
2. do that
## SOMETHING
### ANYTHING
1. do this
2. do that
Are there tools to change this text into HTML or LaTeX format? I ...
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Why is so hard to use the dash character?
When typing texts on Word, Notepad or even in Google Docs. I want to use the dash symbol. Note that symbol is used in dialogs.
All keyboards simply doesn't have the dash symbol (Alt+0151), so most ...
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