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Lexical Tools

Global Behavior Option - Field Separator

  • Description:

    This option provides users to use a specified field separator. The default field separator is the "|".

  • Features:
    1. Define the field separator.


  • Symbol: s:STR

  • Examples: 
    Example 1: use "\" for field separator
shell> lvg -s:"\" -f:l
OTITIS
OTITIS\otitis\2047\16777215\l\1\

Example 2: use tab for field separator
shell> lvg -s:"\t" -f:l
OTITIS
OTITIS	otitis	2047	16777215	l	1
  • Implementation Logic:
    1. Implemented in the LvgCmdApi class.