sed question

[TheDash]

sed -e 's/"/'/g' file1.txt >> file2.txt won't work. I am trying to replace all " in the file to '

Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[PHV]

You may try this:[tt]
sed "s!\"!'!g" file1.txt[/tt]

Or this:[tt]
tr '"' "'" < file1.txt[/tt]

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[TheDash]

Thanks. One last question.
Here's a file with records separated with two tabs as shown below. I am trying to replace the tabs with just ", "(comma space)

'aaa' 'bbb'
to
'aaa', 'bbb'

Tried the below lines:
sed 's/[\t]/, /' file1.txt > file2.txt
sed "s/ */, /" file1.txt > file2.txt
They are substituting a character at the beginning of line.

Any help?

 

[PHV]

In a ksh-like shell and with a legacy sed:[tt]
t=$(echo "\t\c") sed "s![ $t][ $t]*!, !" file1.txt > file2.txt[/tt]

Hope This Helps, PH.
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