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# 8  
Old 03-27-2017
Drats.
# 9  
Old 03-27-2017
That worked like a charm!! Thank you so much RavinderSingh13!!!!
# 10  
Old 03-27-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott
Code:
sed "s/\".*\"/'&'/" file

I think sed and vi both do maximum enclosure in substitute so that code would get the first through the last double quote in one gulp. This should have a better shot:
Code:
sed "s/\"[^\"]*\"/'&'/g"

This looks for any number of not double-quote characters to find the next double-quote. The g would take care of any other double quoted text on the line.
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Old 03-27-2017
@wbport: Yes, but this has not been requested; look at the sample input data in post#1:
"Test","Test1" to be altered to '"Test","Test1"'
This User Gave Thanks to RudiC For This Post:
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Old 03-27-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Try:
Code:
awk -v q=\' '{sub(/".*"/, q "&" q)}1' test.txt

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Sed version:
Code:
sed "s|\".*\"|'&'|" test.txt

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Incorporated in original script:
Code:
awk -v q=\' '{for (I=1;I<=NF;I++) if ($I == "MS_IND") print "alter application LOADAPP add variable " q $(I+1) " " $(I+2) q ";"}' test.txt >> new_file.txt

Thank you! HOwever, it didn't give me the expected results:

I needed to move the first q to the following spot, then it worked perfectly!!

Code:
awk -v q=\' '{for (I=1;I<=NF;I++) if ($I == "MS_IND") print "alter application LOADAPP add variable "$(I+1) " " q $(I+2) q ";"}' MaxL_Export.txt >> new_file.txt

---------- Post updated at 08:27 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:23 PM ----------

Hi Guys -

I was wondering how come I can't use any variables in the awk statement?

Instead of MS_IND and LOADAPP I want to use variable. For some reason, it's not working.

Thanks!

---------- Post updated at 08:28 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:27 PM ----------

---------- Post updated at 09:02 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:28 PM ----------

I got half of it. Now how come my loadapp variable wont display inside the print command?

Code:
awk -v q=\' -v essb_app=$essb_app -v loadapp=$essb_load_app '{for (I=1;I<=NF;I++) if ($I == essb_app) print "alter application loadapp add variable "$(I+1) " " q $(I+2) q ";"}' $securitypath/MaxL_Export.txt >> "$ms_scripts/"$essb_load_app"_VARIABLE_CREATE.mxl"

# 13  
Old 03-27-2017
One might guess that you're hoping that a shell variable expansion will be performed inside a single quoted string, which the shell does not do. But, without seeing the code you are using, we are just making wild guesses... Why don't you show us the code you're using and explain what you hope it will do?
# 14  
Old 03-27-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cragun
One might guess that you're hoping that a shell variable expansion will be performed inside a single quoted string, which the shell does not do. But, without seeing the code you are using, we are just making wild guesses... Why don't you show us the code you're using and explain what you hope it will do?

Hi Don -

Thanks for the note!

here is my latest piece of code:

Code:
essb_load_app=MS_INDR
essb_app=MS_IND

awk -v q=\' -v essb_app=$essb_app -v loadapp=$essb_load_app '{for (I=1;I<=NF;I++) if ($I == essb_app) print "alter application loadapp add variable "$(I+1) " " q $(I+2) q ";"}' $securitypath/MaxL_Export.txt >> "$ms_scripts/"$essb_load_app"_VARIABLE_CREATE.mxl"

I need loadapp to display the correct value which is MS_INDR. It's just displaying itself. Thanks!

---------- Post updated at 09:26 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:07 PM ----------

I figured it out, I just needed to move around the double quotes. it was an oversight on my part.

Thank you!
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