Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!labrea!rutgers!gatech!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!lll-winken!pacbell!safari!whizz!bbh From: bbh@whizz.UUCP (Bud Hovell) Newsgroups: unix-pc.bugs Subject: 'tr' command inquiry Message-ID: <393@whizz.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 88 04:47:19 GMT Distribution: unix-pc Organization: Overture Systems Corp, Lake Oswego, Or Lines: 18 For the first time this evening, I tried using the 'tr' (translate characters) command, and discovered that it appears to work fine with the '-d' and '-s' options, but does nothing when processing an ascii file under '-c'. Indeed, the specific example presented in the man page for 'tr' doesn't do anything. Is this thing brain-damaged? If so, has anyone written a C-routine that does this job in lieu of 'tr'? Thanks ::::::::::::::::::::::::: | OVERTURE SYSTEMS CORP | Bud Hovell | Lake Oswego, OR | | (503)636-3000 | ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: | UUCP{attmail!, tektronix!tekgen!teksce!bucket!, pacbell!safari!}whizz!bbh | :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::