How to put point coordinates between braces?

Attesz · March 10, 2012, 08:57

Hi all,

I have 250 points to put into a file in OpenFOAM as coordinates. OF wants to have them between braces, but I have them in Libreoffice calc. Do you have idea how to do this automatically?

This question is more programming than CFD

Best,
Attila

olesen · March 12, 2012, 02:31

For these types of tasks, you should forget the excel/office-calc tools.
It is simpler to use standard unix tools such as awk/perl instead.
For example,

Code:

    awk '{ print "{" $0 "}" }' infile.txt

will print enclosing braces around each line.

Attesz · March 12, 2012, 02:58

Thank you, yes I know I should know much more about linux. However, I managed to do it in calc, it was quite easy, but your solution is more elegant.

Have a nice day,
Attila

March 10, 2012, 08:57	How to put point coordinates between braces?	#1
Attesz Senior Member Attesz Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Munich Posts: 368 Rep Power: 17	Hi all, I have 250 points to put into a file in OpenFOAM as coordinates. OF wants to have them between braces, but I have them in Libreoffice calc. Do you have idea how to do this automatically? This question is more programming than CFD Best, Attila __________________ I am doing CFD Consulting Services. Ich biete CFD Strömungssimulationen an.

March 12, 2012, 02:31		#2
olesen Senior Member Mark Olesen Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: https://olesenm.github.io/ Posts: 1,684 Rep Power: 40	For these types of tasks, you should forget the excel/office-calc tools. It is simpler to use standard unix tools such as awk/perl instead. For example, Code: awk '{ print "{" $0 "}" }' infile.txt will print enclosing braces around each line.

March 12, 2012, 02:58		#3
Attesz Senior Member Attesz Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Munich Posts: 368 Rep Power: 17	Thank you, yes I know I should know much more about linux. However, I managed to do it in calc, it was quite easy, but your solution is more elegant. Have a nice day, Attila __________________ I am doing CFD Consulting Services. Ich biete CFD Strömungssimulationen an.

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