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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Sed variable substitution when variable constructed of a directory path Post 302213959 by joeyg on Friday 11th of July 2008 02:09:32 PM
Old 07-11-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver try a different format for the sed
Code:
sed "s/99998/"$jobnum"/g;" $src"j99998a.pst" > "j"$jobnum"a.pst"

changes 99998 to my stored $jobnum
starting with my j99998a.pst file (using $src as path location)
and outputting to new name with my $jobnum as the new filename

Just follow all of the double quotes to make sure variables all line up correctly.

I actually do several of these when setting up repetitive work - copying a global use file and customizing it for my current job/task. (By habit, I use 99998 as a dummy number - I found that using 99999 could run into issues since "99999" could be a mask for outputs or other uses.)
 

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lpc

lpc(8)							      System Manager's Manual							    lpc(8)

Name
       lpc - line printer control program

Syntax
       /etc/lpc [ command [ argument...  ] ]

Description
       The  program  is used by the system administrator to control the operation of the line printer system.  For each line printer with an entry
       in the file, may be used to start/stop several different functions.

       Without any arguments, prompts for commands from the standard input.  If arguments are supplied, interprets the first argument as a command
       and  the  remaining  arguments as parameters to the command.  The standard input may be redirected causing to read commands from file.  The
       commands and their parameters are shown below.  Commands may be abbreviated.

       ? [ command... ]
       help [ command... ]

	      Prints a short description of each command specified in the argument list, or, if no arguments are given, a list of  the	recognized
	      commands.

       abort [ all ] [ printer... ]

	      Terminates  an  active  spooling	daemon on the local host immediately and then disables printing (preventing new daemons from being
	      started by for the specified printers.

       clean [ all ] [ printer... ]

	      Removes all files beginning with ``cf'', ``tf'', or ``df'' from the specified printer queue(s) on the local machine.

       enable [ all ] [ printer... ]

	      Enables spooling on the local queue for the listed printers.  This will allow to put new jobs in the spool queue.

       exit
       quit

	      Exits from

       disablefR [ all ] [ printer... ]

	      Turns off the specified printer queues.  This prevents new printer jobs from being entered into the queue by

       restart [ all ] [ printer... ]

	      Attempts to start a new printer daemon.  This is useful when some abnormal condition causes the daemon to die  unexpectedly  leaving
	      jobs in the queue.  The command will report that there is no daemon present when this condition occurs.

       start [ all ] [ printer... ]

	      Enables  printing  and  starts  a spooling daemon for the listed printers.  This command also creates an file in the printer's spool
	      directory.  The file can be used by filters as an initialization flag.

       status [ all ] [ printer... ]

	      Displays the status of daemons and queues on the local machine.

       stop [ all ] [ printer... ]

	      Stops a spooling daemon after the current job completes and disables printing.

       topq printer [ jobnum... ] [ user... ]

	      Places the jobs in the order listed at the top of the printer queue.

Diagnostics
       ?Ambiguous command
       Abbreviation matches more than on command.

       ?Invalid command
       No match was found.

       ?Privileged command
       The command can only be executed by root.

Files
       Printer description file

       Spool directories

       Lock file for queue control

See Also
       lpq(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), printcap(5), lpd(8)

																	    lpc(8)
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