Hi everybody:
I have a problem. I have a output files which have this pattern:
number1
--space
block1a - 7rows/10columns/65elements
--space
block1b - 7rows/10columns/65elements
--space
block1c - 7rows/10columns/65elements
--space
number2
--space
block2a - 7rows/10columns/65elements... (0 Replies)
I have a list of names and email addresses, like this. The <tab> markers are actually tabs.
joe.blow <tab> joe.blow@wherever.com
tom.t.hall <tab> tom.t.hall@wherever.com
john.r.smith <tab> john.r.smith@wherever.com
sally.jones <tab> sally.jones@state.or.us
I want to parse the data so that... (3 Replies)
Hi, I have a slight problem in trying to manipulate the text within a file using the "sed" command in that the text i need changed has "/" slashes in.
I have a .sh script that scans the "/db/sybbackup/" directories for any .dmp file older than 2 days and then to >> the information to a file called... (3 Replies)
Hi, Im very new to the world of sed so I'm really not even sure if this is possible. What i need to do is read from a flat file and every time i see this line:
VAL=123,456
I need to change 456 to 457 for every occurence of this line in the file. The numbers 123 and 456 are different for... (6 Replies)
dear all,
on solaris10 for x86 i am trying to modify the creation date of a postscript file with sed in a csh script. sed is driving me crazy though...i think due to the spaces in the string i am trying to substitute??
part of the postscript file:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0... (3 Replies)
Hey All,
I need to reorganize a file's text. Here is the source:
host John_Doe
filename "config.cfg";
hardware ethernet 98:10:3d:13:8f:98;
fixed-address 10.10.10.29;
}
host Jane_Doe
filename "config.cfg";
hardware ethernet 98:13:11:fd:5a:57;
fixed-address 10.10.5.24;
}
host... (2 Replies)
Can we use a here document inside a here document?
Something like this
ssh user@remotehost << REMOTE
sudo vserver vsernamename enter << VSERVER
perform actions on vserver.
VSERVER
REMOTE (6 Replies)
Hello,
I would like to remove the first column of lines beginning by a character (in my case is an open square bracket) and finishing by a space (or any other delimiter).
For example:
string1 string2 string3
to
string2 string3
I found this previous topic:
... (1 Reply)
Is it possible to manipulate the ampersand in sed? I want to sum +1 to all numbers in a file. Example that doesn't work:sed "s/\{1,2\}/$(expr & + 1)/g" filenameAlso, how to return 02 instead of 2 from expr? (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: teresaejunior
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shtool-subst
SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
[-e|--exec cmd] [-f|--file cmd-file] [file] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
-s, --stealth
Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
-e, --exec cmd
Specify sed(1) command directly.
-f, --file cmd-file
Read sed(1) command from file.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool subst -i -e 's;(c) ([0-9]*)-2000;(c) 1-2001;' *.[ch]
# RPM spec-file
%install
shtool subst -v -n
-e 's;^(prefix=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix};g'
-e 's;^(sysconfdir=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/etc;g'
`find . -name Makefile -print`
make install
HISTORY
The GNU shtool subst command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 2001 for GNU shtool. It was prompted
by the need to have a uniform and convenient patching frontend to sed(1) operations in the OpenPKG package specifications.
SEE ALSO shtool(1), sed(1).
18-Jul-2008 shtool 2.0.8 SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)