How best to replace all TABs (​\t) by COMMAs (,) in the content of a NiFi flow file?

[#1 · Accepted solution]

@Prabir Guha

You can use the replaceText processor to replace tabs with commas in a text/plain input file.

lets assume my input file's content has the following value:

I could then configure my replaceText processor to do teh following:

The Search Value is set to a tab.

The Replacement Value is set to a comma.

The resulting content is:

Thanks,

Matt

[#2]

@Matt Clarke "The Search Value is set to a tab." How should the search value TAB be set? '\t' or 0x09

[#3]

I literally hit the "tab" key on my keyboard.