comparison convert_characters.pl @ 0:21b1788b85a4

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author greg
date Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:31:46 -0400
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1 #! /usr/bin/perl -w
2
3 use strict;
4 use warnings;
5
6 # converts all characters of one type into another
7 # convert_characters.pl [input] [convert_from] [convert_to] [output]
8
9 die "Check argument\n" unless @ARGV == 4;
10
11 my $inputfile = $ARGV[0];
12 my $convert_from = $ARGV[1];
13 my $convert_to = $ARGV[2];
14 my $outputfile = $ARGV[3];
15
16 if ($convert_from eq "s")
17 {
18 $convert_from = '\s';
19 }
20 elsif ($convert_from eq "T")
21 {
22 $convert_from = '\t';
23 }
24 elsif ($convert_from eq "Sp")
25 {
26 $convert_from = '\s';
27 }
28 elsif ($convert_from eq "Dt")
29 {
30 $convert_from = '\.';
31 }
32 elsif ($convert_from eq "C")
33 {
34 $convert_from = ",";
35 }
36 elsif ($convert_from eq "D")
37 {
38 $convert_from = "-";
39 }
40 elsif ($convert_from eq "U")
41 {
42 $convert_from = "_";
43 }
44 elsif ($convert_from eq "P")
45 {
46 $convert_from = '\|';
47 }
48 else
49 {
50 die "Invalid value specified for convert from\n";
51 }
52
53
54 if ($convert_to eq "T")
55 {
56 $convert_to = "\t";
57 }
58 elsif ($convert_to eq "Sp")
59 {
60 $convert_to = '\s';
61 }
62 elsif ($convert_to eq "Dt")
63 {
64 $convert_to = "\.";
65 }
66 elsif ($convert_to eq "C")
67 {
68 $convert_to = ",";
69 }
70 elsif ($convert_to eq "D")
71 {
72 $convert_to = "-";
73 }
74 elsif ($convert_to eq "U")
75 {
76 $convert_to = "_";
77 }
78 elsif ($convert_to eq "P")
79 {
80 $convert_to = "|";
81 }
82 else
83 {
84 die "Invalid value specified for convert to\n";
85 }
86
87 my $fhIn;
88 open ($fhIn, "< $inputfile") or die "Cannot open source file";
89
90 my $fhOut;
91 open ($fhOut, "> $outputfile");
92
93 while (<$fhIn>)
94 {
95 my $thisLine = $_;
96 chomp $thisLine;
97 $thisLine =~ s/$convert_from{1,}/$convert_to/g;
98 print $fhOut $thisLine,"\n";
99 }
100 close ($fhIn) or die "Cannot close source file\n";
101 close ($fhOut) or die "Cannot close output fil\n";