Re: replacing close-single-quote with apostrophe

You can use the \x notation in a regex:

s/\xe2\x80\x99/'/g
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If you want to use it in a one-liner, you need to be careful about quoting. In bash, for example, you need to write

perl -pe 's/\xe2\x80\x99/'\''/g' file
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or use the \x for the single quote, as well:

perl -pe 's/\xe2\x80\x99/\x27/g' file
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Alternatively, if you want to use "smart quote" directly:

use utf8;

open my $in, '<:encoding(UTF-8)', 'file' or die $!;
while (<$in>) {
    s/’/'/g;
    print;
}

map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]

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Re^2: replacing close-single-quote with apostrophe by hippo (Bishop) on Nov 08, 2021 at 10:34 UTC
For completeness, you can also use the literal character in a one-liner as well: $ echo It’s easy \| perl -Cio -pe "s/’/'/g;" It's easy Note that the script, such as it is, is enclosed in double-quotes here only to avoid the problem of escaping the single quote within. 🦛	[reply]
Re^3: replacing close-single-quote with apostrophe by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 08, 2021 at 16:52 UTC
That command is wrong. You want `perl -CSD -Mutf8 -pe"s/’/'/g;"` [download] `-Cio` has no effect in that example, which you can see by removing it. `$ echo It’s easy \| perl -pe"s/’/'/g;" It's easy` [download] `-Ci` only has an effect if reading from a file `$ perl -Cio -pe"s/’/'/g;" <( echo "It’s easy" ) Wide character in print at -e line 1, <> line 1. It’s easy` [download] This is what you want if reading from a file: `$ perl -CiO -Mutf8 -pe"s/’/'/g;" <( echo "It’s easy" ) It's easy` [download] This is what you want if reading from STDIN: `$ echo "It’s easy" \| perl -CIO -Mutf8 -pe"s/’/'/g;" It's easy` [download] Combining both, you can use `perl -CiIO -Mutf8 -pe"s/’/'/g;"` [download] Better: `perl -CSD -Mutf8 -pe"s/’/'/g;"` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: replacing close-single-quote with apostrophe by BernieC (Pilgrim) on Nov 07, 2021 at 22:59 UTC
Perfect -- exactly what I was looking for.. THANKS	[reply]