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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How do I get the fields after a string Post 11200 by Perderabo on Friday 30th of November 2001 10:13:55 AM
Old 11-30-2001
Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh
SEARCH=$1

OSTRING="A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H"
STRING=$(echo $OSTRING | sed s/,//g)
set $STRING

integer found
found=0

while (($# && found<3)) ; do
        if ((!found)) ; then
                [[ $1 = $SEARCH ]] && found=1
        else
                RESULT[found]=$1
                ((found=found+1))
        fi
        shift
done

case $found in
0)      echo $SEARCH not found
        ;;
1)      echo $SEARCH was last item in $OSTRING
        ;;
2)      echo $SEARCH was followed only by ${RESULT[1]}
        ;;
3)      echo ${RESULT[1]}, ${RESULT[2]}
        ;;
esac

exit 0

 

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