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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers replacing 1 character with many : tr Post 302255528 by hkansal on Thursday 6th of November 2008 03:33:49 PM
Old 11-06-2008
Bug script

Sorry for the delay, I was away on a vacation. Here is the script :

Code:
################################################################################################
#
#ACTION : 1) Search for the required attribute in the specified file and update if found.
#	  2) Add attribute on user's wish if not found in file.	
#DATE   : October 21, 2008	  
#AUTHOR : Himanshu Kansal
#NOTES	: Updates required attributes, also those with '/' as part of value such as path values.
#	: Uses '^' as sed operator instead of traditional '/'.
#
################################################################################################

#!/bin/sh

addAttribute(){
	file=$1
	attrib=$2
	value=$3
	
	while [ ! "$choice" = "y" ]&&[ ! "$choice" = "Y" ]&&[ ! "$choice" = "n" ]&&[ ! "$choice" = "N" ]
	do
		echo "Do you want to add the attribute? y/n \c"
		read choice
		case "$choice" in
		[nN])
			echo "No Changes made to "$file
			exit 0
			;;
	
		[yY])
			cp $file htmp.txt
			echo "$attrib"'= '"$value" >> htmp.txt
			;;
		*)
			echo "Invalid Input\n"
			;;
		esac
	done
}

file=$1         # The File to edit
attrib=$2       # The attribute to edit
value=$3        # New value

if [ $# -ne 3 ]              						# Check for all required parameters
then
        echo "USAGE : h_edit.sh <filename> <attribute> <value>"         # Show usage for missing parameters
elif [ ! -s "$file" ]; then                                             # Check if file exists
        echo "File "$file" not found"
else
        grep '^'"$attrib"'=' $file > htmp.txt                           # Check if attribute exists
        if [ ! -s htmp.txt ]; then
                 echo "Attribute not found"
		 addAttribute $file $attrib $value
        else                                                            # Else update old value
                 sed "s^$attrib= .*^$attrib= $value^g" $file > htmp.txt # Store result in htmp.txt                 
        fi
	
	echo "\n\nNew File :- \n\n"
	cat htmp.txt							# Display Changes
	
	choice=""	
	while [ ! "$choice" = "y" ]&&[ ! "$choice" = "Y" ]&&[ ! "$choice" = "n" ]&&[ ! "$choice" = "N" ]
	do		
		echo "\n\nDo you want to save the file? \c"
		read choice
		case "$choice" in
		[nN])		
			echo "No Changes made to "$file
			exit 0
			;;
		[yY])
			mv htmp.txt $file
			;;				
		*)
			echo "Invalid Input"
			;;
		esac
	done
	
fi

Please give any feedback or ways to improve it. I would like to learn from my mistakes and improve.

Regards,
Himanshu Kansal

Last edited by hkansal; 11-07-2008 at 06:15 AM.. Reason: logical request from senior
 

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TR(1)							      General Commands Manual							     TR(1)

NAME
tr - translate characters SYNOPSIS
tr [ -cds ] [ string1 [ string2 ] ] DESCRIPTION
Tr copies the standard input to the standard output with substitution or deletion of selected characters (runes). Input characters found in string1 are mapped into the corresponding characters of string2. When string2 is short it is padded to the length of string1 by dupli- cating its last character. Any combination of the options -cds may be used: -c Complement string1: replace it with a lexicographically ordered list of all other characters. -d Delete from input all characters in string1. -s Squeeze repeated output characters that occur in string2 to single characters. In either string a noninitial sequence -x, where x is any character (possibly quoted), stands for a range of characters: a possibly empty sequence of codes running from the successor of the previous code up through the code for x. The character followed by 1, 2 or 3 octal digits stands for the character whose 16-bit value is given by those digits. The character sequence followed by 1, 2, 3, or 4 hexadecimal digits stands for the character whose 16-bit value is given by those digits. A followed by any other character stands for that character. EXAMPLES
Replace all upper-case ASCII letters by lower-case. tr A-Z a-z <mixed >lower Create a list of all the words in one per line in where a word is taken to be a maximal string of alphabetics. String2 is given as a quoted newline. tr -cs A-Za-z ' ' <file1 >file2 SOURCE
/src/cmd/tr.c SEE ALSO
sed(1) TR(1)
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