hi friends., my ascii file is as shown 1 41.18324 117.2673 *** 2 41.18324 117.2799 12.78 3 41.18324 117.2925 *** ---------------- ---------------- 299859 37.65457 122.0885 16.8 299860 37.65457 122.1011 16.668 -------------------- ------------------ 657522 33.21582 127.602 23.532 657523 33.21582 127.6146 23.532
like wise i have 100's of files.. In all the files i have to replace the *** (represents no data in my file) with 0( zero). i could not match those *** with the sed. ( am unfamiliar with regexp:-( ) any suggestions plz thanks in advance.. Yagnesh -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/replacing-***-with-0-in-ascii-data-file-tp18851573p18851573.html Sent from the Gnu - Bash mailing list archive at Nabble.com.