I'm trying to echo a variable that has values separated by colons, putting each value on a new line. So as an example, a variable I might have would contain:
My name is Earl:My name is Dorothy:My name is Bernard:
And I want the output:
My name is Earl
My name is Dorothy
My name is Bernard
Also, I will be unaware of how many values the colon separated variable will contain (as it is generated by another function), so whatever is used will need to be flexible enough to accommodate any number of values. I'm not very competent in awk, so is there a way this can be done either with awk or with something else?
Also, is it possible to specify a field separator (such as a colon or comma) to the for command?
To answer your last question first: yes, set IFS; see my code below.
I have a 1-column file with
random numbers. this script runs
to subtract 1 to the number and
written to a file. With over
10,000 lines, it takes >2 minutes
to complete the loop operation.
is there an alternative awk/sed
for looping to reduce the wait?
Thanks!
#!/bin/ksh
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This is my first posting hr ..
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Hi,
I have a large number of input files with two columns of numbers.
For example:
83 1453
99 3255
99 8482
99 7372
83 175
I only wish to retain lines where the numbers fullfil two requirements. E.g:
=83
1000<=<=2000
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#!/bin/sh
label:
echo sql poll
v=`sqlplus -s <<!
HR/HR
set pages 0 echo off feed off
select distinct status from
emp
where
id=5;
!
`
echo $v;
echo it comes here after false
if
then
echo if condition true
sqlplus -l scott/tiger <<EOF
select * from department;
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Example:
$ cat file1
2
3$ cat file2
1
2
3
4
5
6The following awk script works like a charm, NR==FNR is true for file1, the remainder runs for file2:
awk '
NR==FNR {A; next}
($1 in A)
' file1 file2
2
3Now have an empty file1:
>file1and run the awk script again.
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