automatically repair rsnapshot config: replace spaces with tabs
rsnapshot is quite picky in its config: the commands have to be separated by TABs and not spaces.
if you use
rsnapshot configtest
you see the errors, but how can I automatically repair the errors and replace multiple space with tabs in the region where it is a problem?
I could use sed:
sed s/s+/t/g
but that would change the whole file.
text-processing sed whitespace rsnapshot
edited Dec 19 '18 at 17:24
Jeff Schaller
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asked Dec 19 '18 at 13:01
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rsnapshot is quite picky in its config: the commands have to be separated by TABs and not spaces.
if you use
rsnapshot configtest
you see the errors, but how can I automatically repair the errors and replace multiple space with tabs in the region where it is a problem?
I could use sed:
sed s/s+/t/g
but that would change the whole file.
text-processing sed whitespace rsnapshot
edited Dec 19 '18 at 17:24
Jeff Schaller
38.8k1053125
asked Dec 19 '18 at 13:01
rubo77
7,4472569133
Can you give an example of the config file, preferably with both examples for a space that should be replaced and one that should not?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 19 '18 at 17:25
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rsnapshot is quite picky in its config: the commands have to be separated by TABs and not spaces.
if you use
rsnapshot configtest
you see the errors, but how can I automatically repair the errors and replace multiple space with tabs in the region where it is a problem?
I could use sed:
sed s/s+/t/g
but that would change the whole file.
text-processing sed whitespace rsnapshot
edited Dec 19 '18 at 17:24
Jeff Schaller
38.8k1053125
asked Dec 19 '18 at 13:01
rubo77
7,4472569133
rsnapshot is quite picky in its config: the commands have to be separated by TABs and not spaces.
if you use
rsnapshot configtest
you see the errors, but how can I automatically repair the errors and replace multiple space with tabs in the region where it is a problem?
I could use sed:
sed s/s+/t/g
but that would change the whole file.
text-processing sed whitespace rsnapshot
text-processing sed whitespace rsnapshot
edited Dec 19 '18 at 17:24
Jeff Schaller
38.8k1053125
asked Dec 19 '18 at 13:01
rubo77
7,4472569133
edited Dec 19 '18 at 17:24
Jeff Schaller
38.8k1053125
asked Dec 19 '18 at 13:01
rubo77
7,4472569133
edited Dec 19 '18 at 17:24
Jeff Schaller
38.8k1053125
edited Dec 19 '18 at 17:24
Jeff Schaller
38.8k1053125
edited Dec 19 '18 at 17:24
Jeff Schaller
38.8k1053125
38.8k1053125
asked Dec 19 '18 at 13:01
rubo77
7,4472569133
asked Dec 19 '18 at 13:01
rubo77
7,4472569133
asked Dec 19 '18 at 13:01
rubo77
7,4472569133
7,4472569133
Can you give an example of the config file, preferably with both examples for a space that should be replaced and one that should not?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 19 '18 at 17:25
add a comment |
Can you give an example of the config file, preferably with both examples for a space that should be replaced and one that should not?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 19 '18 at 17:25
Can you give an example of the config file, preferably with both examples for a space that should be replaced and one that should not?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 19 '18 at 17:25
Can you give an example of the config file, preferably with both examples for a space that should be replaced and one that should not?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 19 '18 at 17:25
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Based on some arbitrary files online (1 and 2), I came up with a sed statement that replaces spaces after text that looks like a command (letters and underscores) with a single tab:
sed 's/^([a-z_][a-z_]*) */1t/' input > output
The escaped parenthesis capture the command (one or more letters & underscores, starting at the beginning of the line (^)), then require one or more spaces to follow that command; those patterns get replaced by the matched command (1) and a tab. This pattern match skips commented out lines (because # is not a letter or underscore).
answered Dec 20 '18 at 14:34
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Based on some arbitrary files online (1 and 2), I came up with a sed statement that replaces spaces after text that looks like a command (letters and underscores) with a single tab:
sed 's/^([a-z_][a-z_]*) */1t/' input > output
The escaped parenthesis capture the command (one or more letters & underscores, starting at the beginning of the line (^)), then require one or more spaces to follow that command; those patterns get replaced by the matched command (1) and a tab. This pattern match skips commented out lines (because # is not a letter or underscore).
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Based on some arbitrary files online (1 and 2), I came up with a sed statement that replaces spaces after text that looks like a command (letters and underscores) with a single tab:
sed 's/^([a-z_][a-z_]*) */1t/' input > output
The escaped parenthesis capture the command (one or more letters & underscores, starting at the beginning of the line (^)), then require one or more spaces to follow that command; those patterns get replaced by the matched command (1) and a tab. This pattern match skips commented out lines (because # is not a letter or underscore).
answered Dec 20 '18 at 14:34
Jeff Schaller
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Based on some arbitrary files online (1 and 2), I came up with a sed statement that replaces spaces after text that looks like a command (letters and underscores) with a single tab:
sed 's/^([a-z_][a-z_]*) */1t/' input > output
The escaped parenthesis capture the command (one or more letters & underscores, starting at the beginning of the line (^)), then require one or more spaces to follow that command; those patterns get replaced by the matched command (1) and a tab. This pattern match skips commented out lines (because # is not a letter or underscore).
answered Dec 20 '18 at 14:34
Jeff Schaller
38.8k1053125
Based on some arbitrary files online (1 and 2), I came up with a sed statement that replaces spaces after text that looks like a command (letters and underscores) with a single tab:
sed 's/^([a-z_][a-z_]*) */1t/' input > output
The escaped parenthesis capture the command (one or more letters & underscores, starting at the beginning of the line (^)), then require one or more spaces to follow that command; those patterns get replaced by the matched command (1) and a tab. This pattern match skips commented out lines (because # is not a letter or underscore).
answered Dec 20 '18 at 14:34
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answered Dec 20 '18 at 14:34
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answered Dec 20 '18 at 14:34
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Can you give an example of the config file, preferably with both examples for a space that should be replaced and one that should not?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 19 '18 at 17:25