asubst

Section: EN Tools (3) Updated: 2010-05-13 Local index Up

NAME

asubst - Area Substitution

SYNOPSIS

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

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

  {: ... :}

EXAMPLE

  {: [[s/a./&auml;/]] [[s/u./&uuml;/]]
  Foo Bar Baz Quux with Umlauts a. and u.
  :}

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.

AUTHOR

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

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