Hi
I need to add a line to several files. But this line can only be added if it has an 'a' or 'A' in its current first line and only for the first line of each file.
I tried sed, but i cant figure how to make it change just the first line. It just changes me all lines with an a. Can you give... (2 Replies)
Hi
I want to search for a string and add a new line after that line in the file.
Say I have a file
Input file
adfad
aadfsdfsa
adfadsf
<name>TypeOptions</name>
adfdasf
adfad
adfad
outputfile
adfad
aadfsdfsa
adfadsf
<name>TypeOptions</name>
<option xsi:type="metadata:Option"... (3 Replies)
How can i add new parameters into a line, and redirect the line to other file?
For example:
1.sh
name:owner
google:richard
youtube:student
I want a, for example 2.sh with:
name:owner:description
google:richard:search site
youtube:student:video site
In the 2.sh, I added a new column:... (7 Replies)
Hi
Trying to do like this :
echo "$variable1\n $(cat file.txt)"
but it only adds one time. When I run this cmd again with different variable it only replaces line of variable1.
How to add constantly line into first line in file ? (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a file, let's call it "info.tmp" that contains data like this ..
ABC123456
PCX333445
BCD789833
I need to read "info.tmp" and for each line add strings in a way that the final output is
put /logs/ua/dummy.trigger 'AAA00001.FTP.XXX.BLA03A01.xxxxxx(+1)'
where XXX... (5 Replies)
I cannot seem to get this to work..
I have a file which has about 100 lines, and there is no end of line (line break \n) at the end of each line, and this is causing problem when i paste them into an application.
the file looks like this
this is a test
that is a test
balblblablblhblbha... (1 Reply)
hello,
I have problem with writing/adjusting a shell script.
I searched forum and unfortunately couldn't write scipt based on the information I found.
I never wtire such so it's hard for me and I do need to modify one script immediately.
case looks like:
1. 'file' that needs to be modified... (3 Replies)
Hi Guys,
I have file A.txt
File A Data
AK1521
AK2536
AK3164
I want create text file of all data above and write some data on each file.
want Output on below folder
/home/kka/out
AK1521.txt
Hi
Welocme (3 Replies)
Hi,
I want to achieve something similar to what described in another post:
The difference is I want to add the line if the pattern is not found.
File 1:
A123, valueA, valueB
B234, valueA, valueB
C345, valueA, valueB
D456, valueA, valueB
E567, valueA, valueB
F678, valueA, valueB
... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: jyu3
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
shell-quote
SHELL-QUOTE(1p) User Contributed Perl Documentation SHELL-QUOTE(1p)NAME
shell-quote - quote arguments for safe use, unmodified in a shell command
SYNOPSIS
shell-quote [switch]... arg...
DESCRIPTION
shell-quote lets you pass arbitrary strings through the shell so that they won't be changed by the shell. This lets you process commands
or files with embedded white space or shell globbing characters safely. Here are a few examples.
EXAMPLES
ssh preserving args
When running a remote command with ssh, ssh doesn't preserve the separate arguments it receives. It just joins them with spaces and
passes them to "$SHELL -c". This doesn't work as intended:
ssh host touch 'hi there' # fails
It creates 2 files, hi and there. Instead, do this:
cmd=`shell-quote touch 'hi there'`
ssh host "$cmd"
This gives you just 1 file, hi there.
process find output
It's not ordinarily possible to process an arbitrary list of files output by find with a shell script. Anything you put in $IFS to
split up the output could legitimately be in a file's name. Here's how you can do it using shell-quote:
eval set -- `find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 shell-quote --`
debug shell scripts
shell-quote is better than echo for debugging shell scripts.
debug() {
[ -z "$debug" ] || shell-quote "debug:" "$@"
}
With echo you can't tell the difference between "debug 'foo bar'" and "debug foo bar", but with shell-quote you can.
save a command for later
shell-quote can be used to build up a shell command to run later. Say you want the user to be able to give you switches for a command
you're going to run. If you don't want the switches to be re-evaluated by the shell (which is usually a good idea, else there are
things the user can't pass through), you can do something like this:
user_switches=
while [ $# != 0 ]
do
case x$1 in
x--pass-through)
[ $# -gt 1 ] || die "need an argument for $1"
user_switches="$user_switches "`shell-quote -- "$2"`
shift;;
# process other switches
esac
shift
done
# later
eval "shell-quote some-command $user_switches my args"
OPTIONS --debug
Turn debugging on.
--help
Show the usage message and die.
--version
Show the version number and exit.
AVAILABILITY
The code is licensed under the GNU GPL. Check http://www.argon.org/~roderick/ or CPAN for updated versions.
AUTHOR
Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
perl v5.8.4 2005-05-03 SHELL-QUOTE(1p)