MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

tr(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities tr(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

Possible exit status values are:

0 Successful completion.

1 Failure because of unknown command line option, or too few arguments.

Messages

Message: [x*0] construct may only occur once

Cause: You attempted to ﬁll the string using the [x*0] construct more than once.

Action: Remove the second ﬁll request.

Message: Collation string is not supported in [=equiv=].

Cause: You speciﬁed a string for equiv in a [=equiv=] expression that contained more

that one character. tr accepts only a single character for the equivalence class.

Action: Specify a one character equivalence class.

Message: expanded length of string too long; limit char_set_size

Cause: You speciﬁed a string that expanded to a length greater than the number of

characters in the character set. Since a given character may appear only once in

the ﬁrst string, you have speciﬁed a character more than once in that string.

Action: Remove any repeated characters in the ﬁrst string.

Message: Invalid character class class

Cause: You speciﬁed a character class class that is not deﬁned in the locale indicated

LC_CTYPE

Action: Specify a character class that is deﬁned in the locale indicated by

LC_CTYPE

Message: Only classes [:upper:] and [:lower:] are valid as

translate result

Cause: You speciﬁed a class in a [:class:] construct in string2 that was not lower

or uppper.

Action: Specify string2 in a form that give an equivalent result without using the

[:class:].

Message: syntax error in [x*n] expression

Cause: You did not specify the closing ] in a [x*n] expression

Action: Provide the missing ].

Message: Unknown option "–option"

Cause: You speciﬁed an option that is not valid for tr.

Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section for a list of valid tr options.

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