[SOLVED] Need some assistance with "tr"

tulek · 2013-06-12 22:11:31

Hello Forum,

I'm trying to bypass the poor localisation the yahoo weather api has to offer.

I'm trying to set up a conky config in which the english weekday abbreviations are replaced by their german counter parts.

This is the code I have so far:

tr '[Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun]' '[Mo.,Di.,Mi.,Do.,Fr.,Sa.,So.]'

However: Thu is translated to Doo (instead of Do.)

I confess I'm not the most gifted shell expert, but I'm pretty sure there is a way to achieve my desired outcome.

By the way

tr '['Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat','Sun']' '['Mo.','Di.','Mi.','Do.','Fr.','Sa.','So.']'

doesn't help either.

A helping hand/hint would be really appreciated

Last edited by tulek (2013-06-12 22:26:02)

karol · 2013-06-12 22:16:12

You also get 'Doi' instead of 'Di'

tulek · 2013-06-12 22:18:05

karol wrote:

You also get 'Doi' instead of 'Di'

Yes, I know

The problem is: Tue and Thu are sharing quite a lot of letters

But there should be a way to search for the whole string/matching the string. At least I hope so.

Last edited by tulek (2013-06-12 22:19:10)

karol · 2013-06-12 22:22:56

I think it matches characters, not strings.

progandy · 2013-06-12 22:24:21

use sed.

sed "s/Mon/Mo/g;s/Tue/Di/g;s/Wed/Mi/g;s/Thu/Do/g;s/Fri/Fr/g;s/Sat/Sa/g;s/Sun/So/g"

Last edited by progandy (2013-06-12 22:24:51)

tulek · 2013-06-12 22:27:37

Thanks,

That worked, I've experimented with sed but couldn't wrap my head around it.

Edit: Is there a "mark thread as solved button", can't find it?

Last edited by tulek (2013-06-12 22:28:26)

karol · 2013-06-12 22:54:44

tulek wrote:

Is there a "mark thread as solved button", can't find it?

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