1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Guys I have downloaded a table from oracle database in .csv format. it has many fields as Title, First Name, Last Name etc. I have to download distinct titles from database and now i have to check all those titles from data of First Name one by one. and then i have to delete matched record.... (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello all, Is there a function for deleting a single record from a file? Thanks in advance... (4 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello!. I am working on a very simple program and I have been trying different things. This is so far what I have done and there is one small detail that still does not work. It finds all the records in a phonebook per say: ./rem Susan More than one match; Please select the one to remove: ... (3 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi All, need help...!! I want to delete header record from all the files in current directory. using sed command i can delete first record from a file but i want to delete first record from all the files so can anybosy help me how can i do this? I will appreciate your help. (3 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I'm a newbie here, I'm just wondering on how to delete a single record in a large file in unix. ex. file1.txt is 1000 records nikki1 nikki2 nikki3 what i want to do is delete the nikki2 record in file1.txt. is it possible? Please advise, Thanks, (3 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi guys, I have been given a small task to do and I am stuck already. I have to format a file with people's emails address in it ready for pasting into the BCC section of an email. The file looks like this:- bob@ibm.com SMTP BOB SMITH text text text sue@icl.org SMTP Susy Smith text text... (8 Replies)

7. Linux

Hi all, I want a perl program to delete the record and its contents from a file if there is no particular line in the record given that all records are separated by a blank line. For example: #100 abcd efgh hijk 123 klm #200 abcd efgh hijk klm So, the pattern here is 123. If... (0 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Dear friend, I have a file 2 files with column wise FILE_A ------------------------------ x,1,@ y,3,$ x,5,% FILE_B -------------------- x,1,@ i like to delete the all lines in FILE_A ,if first column available in FILE_B. output (in FILE_A) y,3,$ x,5,% (10 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Sample file record : "20130617003","2013-06-18T07:00:03","OUTWARD","01001011","TEST PLC","","HFX834346364364","20130617","10","DUM87534758","","1.28","826","020201","65879278","","","","","","010101","56789","DUMMY... (3 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, i have another problem. I have been trying to solve it by myself but failed. inputfile ;; ID T08578 NAME T08578 SBASE 30696 EBASE 32083 TYPE P func just test func chronology func cholesterol func null INT 30765-37333 INT 37154-37318 Link 5546 Link 8142 (4 Replies)