[OS X TeX] search & replace commands

[Steffen Lund Hokland]

Hi,

There is the alternative of writing a BASH-script (or in some 
alternative shell-language I guess) using the sed-command. I did this 
when I had to replace occurences of 'A##', 'B###' and 'C###' with 
'\hyperref{A##}{A##}', '\hyperref{B###}{B###}' and 
'\hyperref{C###}{C###}', respectively, where ##, ### where 2 and 3 
digit integers (with leading zeroes for integeres below 10 and 100). 
I've attached the script (which is basically a very slow and dirty 
solution - no nice exits and stuff like that I'm affraid) bellow in 
case you are interested (if needed, I can give you some assistance with 
the modifications - although I'm nowhere near an expert).

Good luck
Steffen

######################Appended script:#########################

#!/bin/bash
# This script recursively replaces '$ABSTRACTNO' with 
'\hyperref{$ABSTRACTNO}{$ABSTRACTNO}'#
ARGS=1
BADARGS=1
NOFILE=2
TMP=.tmp
HYPER=hyperlinked
SEDFILE=sedcommands.sed

if [ $# -ne $ARGS ]
then
	echo "Usage: `basename $0` filename"
	exit $BADARGS
fi
if [ ! -f "$1" ]
then
	echo "Usage `basename $0` filename"
	exit $NOFILE
else
	FILENAME=$1
fi
I=1
while [ $I -le 116 ]
do
	if [ $I -le 24 ]
	then
		ABSTRACT=0$I
         	POS=${#ABSTRACT}
	  	let "POS-=2"
         	ABSTRACT=A${ABSTRACT:$POS:2}
  		LINKOFABSTRACT=backslashhyperlink\{${ABSTRACT}\}\{${ABSTRACT}\}
		COMMAND=s/${ABSTRACT}/${LINKOFABSTRACT}/g
		echo ${COMMAND} >> ${SEDFILE}
         fi
	if [ $I -le 116 ]
	then
	 	ABSTRACT=00$I
         	POS=${#ABSTRACT}
    		let "POS-=3"
         	ABSTRACT="B${ABSTRACT:$POS:3}"
  		LINKOFABSTRACT=backslashhyperlink\{${ABSTRACT}\}\{${ABSTRACT}\}
		COMMAND=s/${ABSTRACT}/${LINKOFABSTRACT}/g
		echo ${COMMAND} >> ${SEDFILE}
         fi
	if [ $I -le 72 ]
	then
		ABSTRACT=00$I
        		POS=${#ABSTRACT}
	 	let "POS-=3"
	      	ABSTRACT="C${ABSTRACT:$POS:3}"
  		LINKOFABSTRACT=backslashhyperlink\{${ABSTRACT}\}\{${ABSTRACT}\}
		COMMAND=s/${ABSTRACT}/${LINKOFABSTRACT}/g
		echo ${COMMAND} >> ${SEDFILE}
         fi
	let "I+=1"
done
sed -f ${SEDFILE} $FILENAME > ${FILENAME}${TMP}
sed 's/backslash/\\/g' ${FILENAME}${TMP} > ${FILENAME}${TMP}${TMP}
mv ${FILENAME}${TMP}${TMP} ${HYPER}${FILENAME}
rm -f ${FILENAME}${TMP}
rm -f ${SEDFILE}
echo 'done!'

############################################################

Confucius say:  Man who play in root, eventually kill tree.
___________________________________________
Steffen Lund Hokland, MSc.
Research Assistant

The MR-Research Centre
Clinical Inst.
Aarhus University Hospital
Skejby Hospital
DK-8200 Aarhus
Denmark

Phone Office	: 	+45 89495264
Phone Home	:	+45 86166608
Phone Mobile	:	+45 61307461

e-mail		:	hokland at mr.au.dk
___________________________________________

-----------------------------------------------------
Post: <mailto:MacOSX-TeX at email.esm.psu.edu>
Please see <http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/> for list
guidelines, information, and LaTeX/TeX resources.