I tried both kate and kwrite and as expected they didn't support replace a pattern with a regexp , but it seems that khexedit will do search for 054 replace with 011. On Feb 4, 2008 1:03 PM, Frank Bures <lisfrank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eyolf Østrem wrote: > > On 04.02.2008 (11:39), Frank Bures wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I need to edit a comma delimited database file so that it becomes tab > >> delimited. In OS/2 I just globally searched for ',' and then replaced it > >> with ASCII [09] character by entering <Alt-0-9>. > >> I cannot do that in KWrite as KWrite does not interpret <Alt> at all > >> and just enters "09" in the 'Replace with' field. > >> When I try to enter <Tab>, it just takes me to another field. > >> > >> How do you replace anything with unprintable characters in KWrite? > >> (short of using vi of course :-)) > > > > > > Get over it and use vim :) > > open the file, type :%s/,/\t/g to replace all commas with tabs > > Thanks for both replies, but they do not answer my question. > I am well aware of hundreds of possible ways how to edit a text file > using shells, sed, awk, C, C++, Java or any other possible tool. > > My question was "is there a way how to do it in KWrite?" > Or in any other KDE based GUI editor? > > I hope this explanation clears the confusion. > > Cheers > Frank > > -- > > <feeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ___________________________________________________ > > This message is from the kde mailing list. > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. -- In vino veritas. [In wine there is truth.] -- Pliny ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.