1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How do you get an awk output into columns i.e. awk (print $1,$2,$3) doesn't come out into nice columns but lots of lines of txt want something more like. I am crap at unix so give me a hand thx Rich (3 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

i have a script in sh. with awk, e.g. want to list all the contents of a subdirectory an a tabular way. ej: outoput directory1 subdirectory1 subdirectory2 subdirectory3 file1 filen file2 filez file2 ... filen+1 ... (1 Reply)

3. Debian

What's the correct way to change the initramfs file that's used during boot? I know that it's a gzipped cpio archive, but when I gunzip, extract, re-archive (without changing any files), and gzip, then the result is that the system does not boot any more. And I even set the cpio archive type. ... (18 Replies)

4. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers

I have now used FreeBSD from eh, 5.0??? But during that whole time I have never used xwindows or kde. My box's have always been servers of one type or another. I just set up a new BSD machine(8.0), and because I wanted to install boinc I knew that I would have to also install xwindows. Just the... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a awk file which consists of the follwoing code in file select.awk : /xxx/ { time = gensub(/xxx \*\*\*(.*)/, "\\1", "g") printf("%s\n",time) next } and an input file with the following file file.txt :- xxx ***Wed May 2 18:00:00 CDT 2012 AAA AAAA AAAA xxx... (4 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, Could anyone please help me, how to put ‘,' character after 3 digits from right to left count,among 17 digits sting. unix scripting Example - I am having 12345678911234567 digits Accepted result-- 12,345,678,911,234,567 Note- 12345678911234567 digits will be dynamic at run time, I... (13 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I am working on an Urdu to Hindi dictionary which has the following structure: a=b a=c n=d n=q and so on. i.e. Headword separated from gloss by a = I am giving below a live sample بتا=बता بتا=बित्ता بتا=बुत्ता بتان=बतान بتان=बितान بتانا=बिताना I need the following... (3 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a database which has the following structure English word=IPA notation as in the example below huckleberry=ˈhʌkəl-bəriː huddling=ˈhʌd-lɪŋ huffish=ˈhʌ-fɪʃ hugger-mugger=ˈhʌgər-mʌgər hulling=ˈhʌ-lɪŋ human=ˈhjuː-mən humanitarian=hjuːˌ-mænɪˈteərɪyən... (7 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am developing a database for translating names. I have mapped through a rule engine syllables in English to syllables in Indic, delimited by an equal to sign. An example will illustrate this ra m=रा म ku ma r=कु मा र mo=मो la l=ला ल gi ta=गी ता ka la va ti=कa ला वa ती However it so... (3 Replies)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Hi all, In Oracle, I am using SQL*Plus and selecting all rows in a table and spooling to a file as pipe delimited. I have to use pagesize 0 but unfortunately, using this option excludes the header and I can't get around having it to display the header fields. So to get around this, I have to... (2 Replies)