There is a problem with function used to read user's input
readDefault()
{
ARGS=""
N=1
LOCALBUF=""
until [ $N -eq $# ]
do
eval ARG=\${$N}
ARGS=" $ARGS $ARG"
N=`expr $N + 1`
done
read $ARGS LOCALBUF
if [ -n "$LOCALBUF" ]
then
VARNAME=${!#}
export $VARNAME=$LOCALBUF
else
echo "Using current value."
fi
}
echo "Please type directory where the profiles are placed: (current value: $PROFILESROOTDIR)"
readDefault -e PROFILESROOTDIR
In this function the \ character is ignored from variable given by user and removed from it.
DO you have any ideea how to ignore the \ characters in this function?
i have this script that searches for a pattern.
However it fails if the pattern includes some
special characters. So far, it fails with the
following strings:
1. -Cr
2. $Mj
3. H'412
would a sed or awk be more effective?
i don't want the users to put the (\)
during the search (they... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have the following example string:
today_is_a_good_day.txt
The character "_" inside the string can sometimes be more or less. The solution for every string equal the count of "_" should be alway the rest after the last underline character.
Result: day.txt
I want to use awk... (5 Replies)
Hello All,
I have been searching and trying this for a bit now. Can use some assistance.
Large 5000 line flat file.
bash, rhel5
Input File Sinppet:
Fri Oct 30 09:24:02 EDT 2009 -- 1030
Fri Oct 30 09:26:01 EDT 2009 -- 73
Fri Oct 30 09:28:01 EDT 2009 -- 1220
Fri Oct 30 09:30:01 EDT... (9 Replies)
Hello everyone:
I have ran into this a few times now where my skills are just not up to snuff when it comes to Unix. So, I came here to find some beard stroking Unix wizard to help me.
Basically, I am using OS X 10.5 in large scale at work and sometimes I have to run some custom reports. ... (5 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a requirement to read a line from a file with some search string, replace any backslash characters in that line and store in a variable.
Shell script: replace.ksh
#!/bin/bash
file2=input.rtf
line=`grep "Invoice Number" ${file2} | head -1 | sed 's/\\//g'`
echo "start... (6 Replies)
I have a shell script that I have written to be a kind of to-do/notepad that's quickly executable from the command line. However, special characters tend to break it pretty well.
Ie: "notes -a This is an entry." works fine.
"notes -a This is (my) entry." will toss back a bash syntax error on... (5 Replies)
Input:
:: gstreamer
:: xine-lib
:: xine-lib-extras
Output should be:
gstreamer xine-lib xine-lib-extras
How can it be done with sed or perl? (12 Replies)
hyper link- abc:8081/xyz/2.5.6/rtyp-2.5.6.jar
Needs to get "rtyp-2.5.6.jar" i.e character after last backslash "/"
how to do this using sed/awk??
help is highly appreciated. (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have a string wherein i need to replace special characters with backslash and that character.
Ex:
If my string is a=qwerty123@!,
then the new string should be a_new=qwerty123\@\!\,
Thanks (3 Replies)
Is there a command for sed and awk that will only sort the line with more characters?
#cat file
123
12345
12
asdgjljhhho
bac
ss
Output:
asdgjljhhho
#cat file2
11.2
12345.00
21.222
12345678.10 (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: invinzin21
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
pyp
PYP(1) General Commands Manual PYP(1)NAME
pyp - The Pyed Piper: A Modern Python Alternative to awk, sed and Other Unix Text Manipulation Utilities
SYNOPSIS
pyp [options] files ...
DESCRIPTION
pyp, the Pyed Piper, is a command line tool for text manipulation. It is similar to awk and sed in functionality, but its subcommands are
Python based, and thus more familiar to many programmers.
It can operate both on a per-line base and on the complete input stream. Different features can be pipelined in a single command by using
the pipe character familiar from shell commands.
pyp backs up its input for reruns with modified commands, and can save commands as macros. On the downside, the rerun feature makes it
unsuitable for continuous pipe operation.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is
included below. For a complete description, use --manual.
-h, --help
Show this help message and exit.
-m, --manual
Prints out extended help.
-l, --macro_list
Lists all available macros.
-s MACRO_SAVE_NAME, --macro_save=MACRO_SAVE_NAME
Saves current command as macro. use "#" for adding
comments EXAMPLE:
pyp -s "great_macro # prints first letter" "p[1]".
-f MACRO_FIND_NAME, --macro_find=MACRO_FIND_NAME
Searches for macros with keyword or user name.
-d MACRO_DELETE_NAME, --macro_delete=MACRO_DELETE_NAME
Deletes specified public macro.
-g, --macro_group
Specify group macros for save and delete; default is user.
-t TEXT_FILE, --text_file=TEXT_FILE
Specify text file to load. For advanced users,
you should typically cat a file into pyp.
-x, --execute
Execute all commands.
-c, --turn_off_color
Prints raw, uncolored output.
-u, --unmodified_config
Prints out generic PypCustom.py config file.
-b BLANK_INPUTS, --blank_inputs=BLANK_INPUTS
Generate this number of blank input lines; useful for
generating numbered lists with variable 'n'.
-n, --no_input
Use with command that generates output with no input;
same as --dummy_input 1.
-k, --keep_false
Print blank lines for lines that test as False.
default is to filter out False lines from the output.
-r, --rerun
Rerun based on automatically cached data from the last run.
Use this after executing "pyp", pasting input into the shell,
and hitting CTRL-D.
SEE ALSO awk(1), grep(1), sed(1).
AUTHOR
pyp was written by Toby Rosen <tobyrosen@gmail.com>.
This manual page was written by Khalid El Fathi <khalid@elfathi.fr>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
March 19, 2012 PYP(1)