Editing a file using a script

[fidge]

Hi,

I have a problem with a file containing "£". The file itself is created under oracle/Tru64 and transfered (ftp) to redhat linux. all this works fine, however when its pushed through a tomcat process it translates the "£" as "?". I've found a workaround and thats to vi and write quit the file. If I cp,cat,mv,sed the file it makes no difference.

What i'd like to find out is how to edit (vi) a file from within a script and <esc>:wq! it, and also if anybody knows why this is happening, it would solve my headache!

Thanks in advance

 

[p5wizard]

try this in a script:

ex /path/to/file <<eof_ex
w
q
eof_ex

'vi' is sort of a visual layer on top of 'ex' so perhaps this would work.

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[fidge]

Thanks P5wizard, thats works fine. Dont suppose you know why the char translation fails?