I want to compare the last line and the 2.nd line from the bottom later with a calculation. The rest of the script is working. What is wrong with my solution?
I want to take the 2nd line from the bottom. And I do not know the command.
TAIL -2 is wrong because it takes the 2 bottom lines.
So I tried to take the 2 lines from the bottom with tail -2 and later the 1. line with head -1.
Hi,
i have a small requirement where i have to get the bottom most line from a file to the topmost position. a small example is shown below..
$ cat beep.txt
It is first documented as being played in southern England.
In the 16th century.
By the end of the 18th century,
Cricket is a... (5 Replies)
Dear All,
i want to search particular string and want to replance next line value.
following is the test file.
search string is
tmp,???
,10:1 "???" may contain any 3 character it should remain the same and next line replace with ,10:50
tmp,123 --- if match tmp,??? then... (3 Replies)
Hi Folks
I need a one liner to parse through a log and if the string is found print the line above, the line with the string and the line below.
example:
The ball is green and blue
Billy through the ball higer.
Jane got hurt with the ball.
So if I search for Billy I would need the 3... (1 Reply)
Hi all,
I have a log file say Test.log that gets updated continuously and it has data in pipe separated format. A sample log file would look like:
<date1>|<data1>|<url1>|<result1>
<date2>|<data2>|<url2>|<result2>
<date3>|<data3>|<url3>|<result3>
<date4>|<data4>|<url4>|<result4>
What I... (3 Replies)
I want to retrieve Status from below example. Columns numbers will be dynamic but Status will always be 2nd last-
JobName StartTime EndTime Status ExitCode
autorep -j $jobName | grep '^FR' | awk -F' ' '{print $2}' The above code gives me the 2nd column from start of the line. (7 Replies)
I pass a number to my script. Passing "1" below.
./getfile.sh 1
echo "User entered: $1"
ls -ltr *.conf | sed -n '$p'
I wish to use ls -ltr i.e list files in ascending order of time the latest showing at the bottom of the output.
Number 1 should get me the last row of ls -ltr output i.e... (9 Replies)
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tail
TAIL(1) General Commands Manual TAIL(1)NAME
tail - deliver the last part of a file
SYNOPSIS
tail [ +-number[lbc][rf] ] [ file ]
tail [ -fr ] [ -n nlines ] [ -c ncharacters ] [ file ]
DESCRIPTION
Tail copies the named file to the standard output beginning at a designated place. If no file is named, the standard input is copied.
Copying begins at position +number measured from the beginning, or -number from the end of the input. Number is counted in lines, 1K
blocks or characters, according to the appended flag or Default is -10l (ten ell).
The further flag causes tail to print lines from the end of the file in reverse order; (follow) causes tail, after printing to the end, to
keep watch and print further data as it appears.
The second syntax is that promulgated by POSIX, where the numbers rather than the options are signed.
EXAMPLES
tail file
Print the last 10 lines of a file.
tail +0f file
Print a file, and continue to watch data accumulate as it grows.
sed 10q file
Print the first 10 lines of a file.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/tail.c
BUGS
Tails relative to the end of the file are treasured up in a buffer, and thus are limited in length.
According to custom, option +number counts lines from 1, and counts blocks and characters from 0.
TAIL(1)