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Formatting parentheses in Sed
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gistfile1.txt
# needs to be executed with the expanded REGEX synatax -E flag
# sed -Ef script.sed parenthesesFile.txt
s/ *\(/ \(/g;
s/\) */\) /g;
s/\(\)/\( \)/g;
s/\(\(/\( \(/g;
s/\)\)/\) \)/g;
s/\(([a-zA-Z0-9])/( \1/g;
s/([a-zA-Z0-9])\(/\1 (/g;
s/\( +\)/\( \)/g;
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