Replacing all commas with spaces - S/R with a Unix Command?

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I'm looking for a Unix command that will allow me to search/replace in a file - I need to replace all commas in a certain file with spaces. I need to do this in a script and I'm looking to avoid parsing/reading the file line by line. Is there a simple unix command that will allow me to do this?

score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '11 at 08:19

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sed 's/,/ /g' filename >resultfile

answered Mar 29 '11 at 08:19

khachik

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score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '11 at 08:18

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You can use awk, sed, vi, ex or even Perl, PHP etc ... depends what you are proficient with.

sed example:

sed -i 's/,/ /g' filename_here

answered Mar 29 '11 at 08:18

Konerak

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I'm using vi, but I need to do it in a script. Thanks. – Amir Rachum Mar 29 '11 at 08:23
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If you're a vi adept, consider the commandline `ex` version which allows the same commands: `%s/,/ /g` would work. You can do this in a script, too. – Konerak Mar 29 '11 at 09:19

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '23 at 11:09

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I would suggest awk, in case you also need to expand your command with some conditionals (take a look here)

awk '{gsub(",", " "); print}' file_path > resultfile_path

answered Jul 31 '23 at 11:09

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Replacing all commas with spaces - S/R with a Unix Command?

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