You have a number of errors in there. Perhaps simply posting a correct solution is a bit of a cheat, but you need to understand at least that redirection operates on file names, not strings (so < $unix1 doesn't do what you want) and you need to use $(...) or `...` to actually execute the tr command. var=value foo bar means "assign value to $var, then execute foo bar while this assignment is in place."
or if you need the value to be in $unix2,
If your shell is very old, you will need to use backticks (grave accents, ASCII 96 -- not regular single quotes) instead of $(...).
Last edited by era; 09-25-2008 at 03:45 AM..
Reason: How to properly capture result in unix2
Hello,
i have another sed question.. I'm trying to do variable substition with sed and i'm running into a problem.
my var1 is a string constructed like this:
filename1 filerev1 filepath1
my var2 is another string constructed like this:
filename2 filerev2 filepath2
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I want to instert Category:XXXXX into the 2. line
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sed "2i\\${n}Category:$cat\n"
Sample:
Titel Blahh Blahh abllk sdhsd sjdhf
Blahh Blah Blahh
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Hi all,
I have a variable say var1 (output from somewhere, which I can't change)which store something like this:
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age=25
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Dear all,
I have basic knowledge of Unix script and her I am trying to process variable length and variable format CSV file.
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And
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Hi,
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$var
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Hi all,
Hereby wish to have your advise for below:
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LEARN ABOUT PLAN9
times
times(1) User Commands times(1)NAME
times - shell built-in function to report time usages of the current shell
SYNOPSIS
sh
times
ksh
times
DESCRIPTION
sh
Print the accumulated user and system times for processes run from the shell.
ksh
Print the accumulated user and system times for the shell and for processes run from the shell.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment, are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign and word splitting and file name generation are not
performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO ksh(1), sh(1), time(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 times(1)