[Long] Program to do massive text operation

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Hello people.

I have a file coming from an UNIX-like system (FreeBSD) - a series of "taglines"
which has this format:

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
foo foo foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar blah blah
blah blah.
%
foo bar foo bar foo bar foo.
%
foooooooooooooooooooooo barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
tkagiohaohjoahjiha

(The examples are broken with newlines, as they're with newlines when they come
from FreeBSD system).

For a Windows application I need to remove the line breaks and the %.
It will turn into:

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
foo foo foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar blah blah
blah blah.
foo bar foo bar foo bar foo.
foooooooooooooooooooooo barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
tkagiohaohjoahjiha

(those examples are not to wrap lines. This is intentional. Sorry.)

Under Linux I have the "awk" program which helps me doing that.
Is there any program for Windows to do this massive removal of newline chars
from a file?

Thanks, and sorry for the long post
 
Hello people.

I have a file coming from an UNIX-like system (FreeBSD) - a series
of "taglines" which has this format:

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah foo foo foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar
bar foo bar bar blah blah blah blah.
%
foo bar foo bar foo bar foo.
%
foooooooooooooooooooooo
barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
tkagiohaohjoahjiha

(The examples are broken with newlines, as they're with newlines
when they come from FreeBSD system).

For a Windows application I need to remove the line breaks and the
%. It will turn into:

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah foo foo foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar
bar foo bar bar blah blah blah blah.
foo bar foo bar foo bar foo.
foooooooooooooooooooooo
barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
tkagiohaohjoahjiha

(those examples are not to wrap lines. This is intentional.
Sorry.)

Under Linux I have the "awk" program which helps me doing that.
Is there any program for Windows to do this massive removal of
newline chars from a file?

Thanks, and sorry for the long post
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There's a gawk (GNU awk) for Windows, if you'd like to use it.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gawk.htm

There's also sed for Windows, which may work, although I'll admit that
my knowledge of *nix'ish command-line tools is fairly limited.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm
 
Chaos Master <[email protected]> wrote:
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Hello people.
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I have a file coming from an UNIX-like system (FreeBSD) - a series of "taglines"
which has this format:
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blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
foo foo foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar blah blah
blah blah.
%
foo bar foo bar foo bar foo.
%
foooooooooooooooooooooo barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
tkagiohaohjoahjiha
Click to expand...
(The examples are broken with newlines, as they're with newlines when they come
from FreeBSD system).
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For a Windows application I need to remove the line breaks and the %.
It will turn into:
Click to expand...

ReplaceEm (was BK ReplaceEm)

http://www.boolean.ca/replace/bkrep20.exe
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
foo foo foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar blah blah
blah blah.
foo bar foo bar foo bar foo.
foooooooooooooooooooooo barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
tkagiohaohjoahjiha
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It was a dark and stormy night when Chaos Master
I have a file coming from an UNIX-like system (FreeBSD) - a series
of "taglines" which has this format:

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah foo foo foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar
bar foo bar bar blah blah blah blah.
%
foo bar foo bar foo bar foo.
%
foooooooooooooooooooooo
barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
tkagiohaohjoahjiha

(The examples are broken with newlines, as they're with newlines
when they come from FreeBSD system).

For a Windows application I need to remove the line breaks and the
%. It will turn into:

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah foo foo foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar bar foo bar
bar foo bar bar blah blah blah blah.
foo bar foo bar foo bar foo.
foooooooooooooooooooooo
barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
tkagiohaohjoahjiha

(those examples are not to wrap lines. This is intentional.
Sorry.)

Under Linux I have the "awk" program which helps me doing that.
Is there any program for Windows to do this massive removal of
newline chars from a file?
Click to expand...

If you know how to use awk/sed/etc then try Cygwin, a unix like
package for win32:
<http://www.cygwin.com/>

Regards
 
There should be a part of dkg_ctc brain within this message' contents:

There's a gawk (GNU awk) for Windows, if you'd like to use it.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gawk.htm

There's also sed for Windows, which may work, although I'll admit that
my knowledge of *nix'ish command-line tools is fairly limited.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm
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On a *nix system, I actually would use awk or write a "quick hack" in any
programming language. I will try it.

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There should be a part of REM brain within this message' contents:

ReplaceEm (was BK ReplaceEm)

http://www.boolean.ca/replace/bkrep20.exe
Click to expand...

This worked 100%. Thank you!
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Posting from Brazil! | drowning in you
Linux User #349031 : | I'm falling forever,
Slackware / Knoppix | I've got to break through"
---------------------. -- Evanescence, "Going Under"
 
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