I am trying to strip all leading and trailing spaces of a shell variable using either awk or sed or any other utility, however unscuccessful and need your help.
echo $SH_VAR | command_line Syntax.
The SH_VAR contains embedded spaces which needs to be preserved. I need only for the leading and... (6 Replies)
Hi,
my var is:
PATH_LOG=/opt/WebSphere/CR Comune Roma.log
a filename which contains blank chars.
How can I call it from prompt ?
Ex:
ls $PATH_LOG or
cat $PATH_LOG
tks,
Carmen- (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a requirement, in which i have to append some spaces to the variable, and then send it to another function.
I am new to the UNIX shell programming. Ultimately the length of the string should be 40 characters.
exp:
Login = "rallapalli" (length = 10)
i have to append 30 spaces to... (2 Replies)
Hi,
i have to form the header and add fillers(spaces) to it.
I have done something like this. i have added 10 spaces at the end
HDR="AAAABBBBCCNN "
echo $HDR >> file1.dat
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Hello all. I am a newb obviously and a bit stumped on this, so any help gratefully accepted.
The script is extracting metadata from individual mp3 files, then (hopefully will be) sorting them into newly-created subdirectories. I have filtered out the relevant metadata and have the album names... (8 Replies)
Hi i have an input " load /appss/asdfas/...
I want to take the string present between first / / i.e appss
Input is "load /appss/asdfas/..."
Expected output is appss
Thanks in advance
Ananth (9 Replies)
Gooday
I have an argument string that contains 15 arguments.
The first 14 arguments are easy to handle because they are separated by spaces
ARG14=`echo ${ARGSTRING} | awk '{print $14}'`
The last argument is a text that may be empty or contain spaces. So any ideas on how I get the last... (23 Replies)
Hi,
I'm passing a variable to a scrpit which can be 1 to 3 characters long.
How can I force it to be three character long and add spaces to it?
The passed variable is stored in $1 and I would like to be stored in NewName
I tried without success
NewName=$(printf "%*s 3 $1)
So if... (2 Replies)
Hi, I have a big csv file with below data.
file:
La Cage Aux Folles (Widescreen)
Famous Mystics and Psychics
A Passion for Planning Financials Operations Marketing Management and Ethics
Precious Moments Holy Bible New King James Version Precious Angels Edition Blue
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