On Jun 6, 7:27 am, Steve <vvw...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 5 June, 08:53, Steve <vvw...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > I am new to Python and am wanting to replace characters in a very > > large text file.....6 GB > > In plain language what I wish to do is: > > > Remove all comma's > > Replace all @ with comma's > > Save as a new file. > > > Any of you clever people know the best way to do this......idiot guide > > please. > > > Thanks > > > Steve > > Many thanks for your suggestions. > > sed -i 's/Hello/hello/g' file > > Run twice on the CL..with the hello's changed for my needs did it in a > few minutes , > > Again thanks > > Steve
Hi Steve, You can do... sed "s/,//g" <your_file> | sed "s/@/,/g" > <new_file> Thank you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
