problem with search and replace script

[Sopapa]

I have a lot of txt, and i need to translate some characters, ( this is a copy & past of a vi edit).
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INTERNET - CONOCIMIENTO^V
^V
THE NEW YORK TIMES ENCONTRO FORMA DE APROPIARSE^V
GRATIS DEL CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS INTERNAUTAS^V
^V
La tendencia de muchos internautas por comunicarse entre s¡ atrav~Bs de la red y la lógica de que ~Bstos tienen temas e intereses encom£n, dieron forma a la idea de Abuzz, cuyo mecanismo se basa en quecualquier persona inscripta pueda formular una pregunta, la que le llegar
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when i use a perl script like
perl -pi -e 's/¡/í/g' *.TXT works fine with the "í", but i cant see the ^V (its an enter) and the ^B (it am "é&quot with the perl script.
Sorry for mi english
And thanks

 

[MikeLacey]

Hi Sopapa

Try asking your question in the Perl forum here at Tek-Tips forum219 Mike

Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at faq219-2884

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[PieterWinter]

Hi,

I know that when I need to type in a ^J or ^M under Solaris, I can use typing in e.g. ^V^J (Control-V Control-J). Perhaps your vi shows it somewhat like that (never heard of ^V being an enter).

You might want to type if like that ^V^M (may be difficult) or ^V^J. For what you're trying to do, the 'sed' command would work also.

HTH
Pieter

 

[Sopapa]

i do it, with a litlle tip or trick (sorry for my english)
i edit the file with vi and delete all the words, but not the ^V and put the sentence into that file.

 

[homBase]

I not sure if you or getting this form a word processor or what and bringing it up in unix. If thats the case try this:

at the prompt type, dos2unix yourfilename > newfilename

this remove any carriage returns or such.

Peace!

hombase