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Old 10-06-2008
Looking for a Script

Hi All,

I have a small requirement in which i need to search for specific folders and bring out the file names in those folder and also the line 1 characters 49 to 17.

It is possible to do this in UNIX. I am a beginner.

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

Karan
# 2  
Old 10-06-2008
Giving some examples here would help everyone...
# 3  
Old 10-06-2008
For example

I have a folder "archive" in it i have a folder 0808 and 0809.

Then I have a folder arc_transferred in both of them.

Then multiple folders are there in arc_transferred.

I am looking to search in these folders ...find out the file names and print the first line which is starting with XRI01 the characters 49 to 17.

Hope this information helps.

Thanks

Karan
# 4  
Old 10-06-2008
What do you mean by "49 to 17"? The characters 17 to 49 in reverse order? Or the 17 characters starting at position 49?
# 5  
Old 10-06-2008
17 characters starting at position 49.
# 6  
Old 10-06-2008
Code:
for file in archive/080[89]/arc_transferred/*; do
    egrep '^.{48,61}XRI01' | head -1
done

You could do the same with a sed script, and avoid the for loop, but this is probably easier to extend and adapt if it doesn't work exactly the way you like. (Check if the egrep offsets are correct; your idea of "first" and "17 positions" might differ from mine.)
# 7  
Old 10-06-2008
it didnt give me any output...can i redirect the output to a file??? on the Unix box
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