asubst(3)
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