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1 #! /usr/bin/perl -w
2
3 use strict;
4 use warnings;
5
6 # condenses all consecutive characters of one type
7 # convert_characters.pl [input] [character] [output]
8
9 die "Check arguments" unless @ARGV == 3;
10
11 my $inputfile = $ARGV[0];
12 my $character = $ARGV[1];
13 my $outputfile = $ARGV[2];
14
15
16 my $convert_from;
17 my $convert_to;
18
19
20 if ($character eq "s")
21 {
22 $convert_from = '\s';
23 }
24 elsif ($character eq "T")
25 {
26 $convert_from = '\t';
27 }
28 elsif ($character eq "Sp")
29 {
30 $convert_from = " ";
31 }
32 elsif ($character eq "Dt")
33 {
34 $convert_from = '\.';
35 }
36 elsif ($character eq "C")
37 {
38 $convert_from = ",";
39 }
40 elsif ($character eq "D")
41 {
42 $convert_from = "-";
43 }
44 elsif ($character eq "U")
45 {
46 $convert_from = "_";
47 }
48 elsif ($character eq "P")
49 {
50 $convert_from = '\|';
51 }
52 else
53 {
54 die "Invalid value specified for convert from\n";
55 }
56
57
58 if ($character eq "T")
59 {
60 $convert_to = "\t";
61 }
62 elsif ($character eq "Sp")
63 {
64 $convert_to = " ";
65 }
66 elsif ($character eq "Dt")
67 {
68 $convert_to = "\.";
69 }
70 elsif ($character eq "C")
71 {
72 $convert_to = ",";
73 }
74 elsif ($character eq "D")
75 {
76 $convert_to = "-";
77 }
78 elsif ($character eq "U")
79 {
80 $convert_to = "_";
81 }
82 elsif ($character eq "P")
83 {
84 $convert_to = "|";
85 }
86 else
87 {
88 die "Invalid value specified for Convert to\n";
89 }
90
91 my $fhIn;
92 open ($fhIn, "< $inputfile") or die "Cannot open source file";
93
94 my $fhOut;
95 open ($fhOut, "> $outputfile");
96
97 while (<$fhIn>)
98 {
99 my $thisLine = $_;
100 chomp $thisLine;
101 $thisLine =~ s/${convert_from}+/$convert_to/g;
102 print $fhOut $thisLine,"\n";
103 }
104 close ($fhIn) or die "Cannot close source file";
105 close ($fhOut) or die "Cannot close output file";