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Old 04-13-2010
Search and replace a number
Code:
a=`grep  -i a.sh filename.sh|cut -d "|" -f4`
b=`expr $a + 1`
filename=`grep  -i a.sh filename.sh`
while read line
do
echo $line
echo  $filename
if [ $line = $filename ]
then
echo "entered if"
nawk  ' BEGIN { FS="|"; OFS="|" }
{ sub('$a', '$b', $4)
print $0}'  filename.sh
fi
echo "exit if"
done < filename.sh

filename.sh
User  |id |file|count
--------------------------
oracle|0123|a.sh|0
oracle|0124|b.sh|1
oracle|0125|c.sh|3
oracle|0126|d.sh|0
oracle|0127|e.sh|1
oracle|0128|f.sh|3

expected  output
User |id |file|count
--------------------------
oracle|0123|a.sh|1
oracle|0124|b.sh|1
oracle|0125|c.sh|3
oracle|0126|d.sh|0
oracle|0127|e.sh|1
oracle|0128|f.sh|3

Every time i grep a file name in the file, the counter has to get updated by 1.
I tried this command, if the counter is same for other line, then changes for all the line which are same numbers, i require for single line update, please help me.......

regards,
giri
Last edited by Neo; 04-13-2010 at 03:52 AM.. Reason: add code tags.
# 2  
Old 04-13-2010
Please be clear of your input and output
 
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