Documentation: Core / ASubst (Pass 6)

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• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• EXAMPLE
• OPTIONS
• AUTHOR

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NAME

asubst - Area Substitution

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SYNOPSIS

asubst [-o outputfile] [-v] [inputfile]

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DESCRIPTION

The asubst program reads inputfile or from stdin and performs the following action: Characters and substrings are substituted according to Perl-like substitution commands enclosed by surrounding area delimiters. The substitution commands recognized are

   [[s/pattern/string/options]]
   [[tr/input/output/options]]

and the areas are defined by blocks delimited via

   ... 

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EXAMPLE

    
  Foo Bar Baz Quux with Umlauts ä and ü
  

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OPTIONS

-o outputfile

This redirects the output to outputfile. Usually the output will be send to stdout if no such option is specified or outputfile is ``-''.

-v

This sets verbose mode where some processing information will be given on the console.

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AUTHOR

 Ralf S. Engelschall
 rse@engelschall.com
 www.engelschall.com