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Re: bulk replacement on region, buffer, file?
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: bulk replacement on region, buffer, file? |
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Thu, 10 Dec 2015 09:40:37 -0700 |
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Tom Roche wrote:
> I would appreciate pointers to code that enables "bulk replacement"
> of numerous string tuples ({to-replace, replace-with}) in a single
> call. What I mean, why I ask:
To handle the UTF-8 translations I like 'iconv'. It handles many
different types of transliterations.
$ echo '“foo”' | iconv -f UTF-8 -t ASCII//TRANSLIT
"foo"
If it were me I would do a first pass using iconv to transliterate
characters in the first pass and then perform the other replacements
you want in a second pass.
Bob