replace character with blank space 1

jestrada101 · Nov 3, 2003

How can I replace a single character with a blank space in its place using sed or awk? I can't seemt o find any documnenation anywhere?

THANKS
JE

SamBones · Nov 3, 2003

If the character is say a [tt]D[/tt], you could do this...

Code:

    echo &quot;ABCDEFG&quot; | sed 's/D/ /g'

Hope this helps.

tshot · Nov 3, 2003

alternatively u can try "tr"
. say u have file with contentsl "a b" i.e a space b.
2 fill the space ith "1" try

Code:

tr &quot; &quot; &quot;1&quot; < file

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