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/X/ä/]] [[s/X/ü/]]
Foo Bar Baz Quux with Umlauts X and X
:}
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