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

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