Ubuntu :: Use A Script To "scramble" A Text File's Content Using A "algorithm" File With Sed?
Jul 23, 2011
I want to use a script to "scramble" a text file's content using a "algorithm" file with sed. But I can t figure out how to swap characters instead of words within the file. I want to do this for example:
Code:
Algorithm:
a > b
c > e
t > z
Input:
Cat C A T Cats
Output:
ebz e b z ebzs
I can swap out entire words, but this is not practical for my usage. How can the SED syntax be formatted to do this? The commands will be in a text file called by sed with the -f flag.
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line2
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3
5
6
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algorithm:breada
input: file system block number for immediate read
file system block number for asynchronous read
output:buffer containing data for immediate read {
if(first block not in cache) {
get buffer for first block
if(buffer data not valid)
initiate disk read }
if(second block not in cache) {
get buffer for second block)
if(buffer data valid) //line 1
release buffer else
initiate disk read //line 2 }
if(first block was originally in cache) //line 3 {
read first block
return buffer }
sleep (event first buffer contains valid data)
return buffer }
Here is an algorithm for block read algorithm. I have problem in
line 1: If buffer data is valid why is it releasing the buffer?
line 2: If buffer data valid why is it initiating disk read. It should have read directly from buffer?
line 3: It should be the first condition as if it is there in cache then it should return it without delay?
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