1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i need to split a line using a delimiter, and store it into a array :( (2 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have a string like 'xyz' and i want to to split the above string into letters for comparision purpose. any idea pls. cheers RRK. (3 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I want to split a string in awk and treat each component seperatley. I know i can use: split ("hi all", a, " ") to put each delimited component into array a. However when i want to do this with just a string of chars it does not work split ("hi", a, ""); print a; prints... (6 Replies)

4. Programming

Hello, I am recently working on an application that sends large strings accross a network very often. These then need to be broken up first with '!' and then with ','. My current function (below) works fine for this when not too much data is being sent across the network but segfaults when a... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Let's say I have a very long string with no spaces but just words stored in $very_long_string. $very_long_string = "aaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccdddddddddddd"; I can do this to split the string into 1 character each and store them in an array: @myArray = split(//, $very_long_string); ... (3 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello all! I'm trying to put together a small script that will take in a file name and attach a datestamp to the end of it (but before the file type extension). To illustrate... Before: filename.txt anotherfilename.txt After: filename_20090724.txt anotherfilename_20090724.txt ... (7 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have a string like this in a file, I want to retrive the words separated by comma's in 3 variables. like How do i get that.plz advice (2 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello I need help with the following. I have strings like #if defined(__def1__) #if defined(__def1__) || defined(__def2__) #if defined(__def1__) && defined(__def2__) && defined(__def3__). #if defined(__def1__) || defined(__def2__) || defined(__def3__). I need to print what is there in... (4 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Input: Debris Linux is a minimalist, desktop-oriented distribution and live CD based on Ubuntu. It includes the GNOME desktop and a small set of popular desktop applications, such as GNOME Office, Firefox web browser, Pidgin instant messenger, and ufw firewall manager. Debris Linux ships... (5 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have a requirement that has 50-60 million records that we need to split a delimited string (Delimeter is newline) into rows. Source Date: SerialID UnidID GENRE 100 A11 AAAchar(10)BBB 200 B11 CCCchar(10)DDD(10)ZZZZ Field 'GENRE' is a string with new line as delimeter and not sure... (5 Replies)