need a logic to start with awk/ sh - Shell Programming and Scripting

user_prady · #5 (**permalink**) 09-01-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Annihilannic

Something like this? (not tested much)

Code:

awk '
        /TXADDR/ { txaddr=$NF }
        /RXADDR/ { rxaddr=$NF }
        /TXDATA/ { txdata[txaddr,++txindex[txaddr]]=$NF }
        /RXDATA/ {
                if ($NF != txdata[rxaddr,++rxindex[rxaddr]]) {
                        print "rxdata " $NF " for address " rxaddr " does not match transmitted: " txdata[rxaddr,rxindex[rxaddr]]
                }
        }
' inputfile

Thanks genious Annihilannic .. Really appriciate your logic..

Can You Please give a brief idea what does this statement for

Code:

txdata[txaddr,++txindex[txaddr]]