[Gllug] stipping odd { } from a file

[t.clarke]

Sorry
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dont shoot me !!

Ref earlier post concerning removing characters from a file of numbers with
scattered { }

Cheap and cheerful mini C prog below.
who knows,  might even be quicker than a sed script !
only used sed once in anger   -  too lazy to learn all these fancy tools
when I will only use once in a blue moon !!

Tim

ps: Apologies to all you genuine sysadmins out there  !!

and apologies for the crap C coding too  - it seems to work anyway


=======
#include <stdio.h>
/* input from stdin output to stdout*/
main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
int a=100;
char b;
/*read from stdin until eof*/
 while ( (b=getchar()) !=EOF)
 {
 if (b != '}' && b != '{' && b != '\n')
  {
  putchar(b);
  if ( a-- < 0 &&  b == ',')
   {
   putchar('\n');
   a=100;
   }
  }
 }
}





sample input:
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,19090{090909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,
112,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909}90909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,
112,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,19090{090909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,{5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,1909{}090909,1234,
112,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190{09}90909,1234,
112,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,

sample output:    (line length of 50 used instead of 100):_
123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,19090090909,1234,123,123,
123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,123,123,123,123,
3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,112,123,123,123,3,4,5,
6,7,8,19090990909,1234,123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,
1234,123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,123,
123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,112,123,123,
123,3,4,5,6,7,8,19090090909,1234,123,123,123,123,3,4,
5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,
8,190909090909,1234,123,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,1909090909,
1234,112,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,123,
123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,123,123,123,
123,3,4,5,6,7,8,190909090909,1234,123,123,123,123,3,
4,5,6,7,8,1900990909,1234,112,123,123,123,3,4,5,6,7,
8,190909090909,1234,

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