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    tr command in Unix/Linux with

    examples
    https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/tr-command-in-unix-linux-with-examples/

    The tr command in UNIX is a command line utility for translating or deleting


    characters. It supports a range of transformations including uppercase to lowercase,
    squeezing repeating characters, deleting specific characters and basic find and
    replace. It can be used with UNIX pipes to support more complex translation. tr
    stands for translate.

    Syntax :

    **$ tr [OPTION] SET1 [SET2]**

    Options

    -c : complements the set of characters in string.i.e., operations apply to characters


    not in the given set
    -d : delete characters in the first set from the output.
    -s : replaces repeated characters listed in the set1 with single occurrence
    -t : truncates set1

    Sample Commands

    1. How to convert lower case to upper case


    To convert from lower case to upper case the predefined sets in tr can be used.

    **$cat greekfile**

    Output:

    WELCOME TO
    GeeksforGeeks

    **$cat greekfile | tr “[a-z]” “[A-Z]”**

    Output:

    WELCOME TO
    GEEKSFORGEEKS

    or
    **$cat geekfile | tr “[:lower:]” “[:upper:]”**

    Output:

    WELCOME TO
    GEEKSFORGEEKS

    2. How to translate white-space to tabs


    The following command will translate all the white-space to tabs

    **$ echo "Welcome To GeeksforGeeks" | tr [:space:] '\t'


    **

    Output:

    Welcome To GeeksforGeeks

    3. How to translate braces into parenthesis


    You can also translate from and to a file. In this example we will translate braces in a
    file with parenthesis.

    **$cat greekfile**

    Output:

    {WELCOME TO}
    GeeksforGeeks

    **$ tr '{}' '()' newfile.txt**

    Output:

    (WELCOME TO)
    GeeksforGeeks

    The above command will read each character from “geekfile.txt”, translate if it is a
    brace, and write the output in “newfile.txt”.

    4. How to use squeeze repetition of characters using -s


    To squeeze repeat occurrences of characters specified in a set use the -s option. This
    removes repeated instances of a character.
    OR we can say that,you can convert multiple continuous spaces with a single space

    **$ echo "Welcome To GeeksforGeeks" | tr -s [:spa


    ce:] ' '**

    Output:

    Welcome To GeeksforGeeks

    5. How to delete specified characters using -d option


    To delete specific characters use the -d option.This option deletes characters in the
    first set specified.

    **$ echo "Welcome To GeeksforGeeks" | tr -d 'w'**

    Output:

    elcome To GeeksforGeeks

    6. To remove all the digits from the string, use

    **$ echo "my ID is 73535" | tr -d [:digit:]**

    Output:

    my ID is

    7. How to complement the sets using -c option


    You can complement the SET1 using -c option. For example, to remove all characters
    except digits, you can use the following.

    **$ echo "my ID is 73535" | tr -cd [:digit:]**

    Output:

    73535
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