12-05-2008
Extracting fields from file
I am need to extract a number of values from a file, put have now clue how to do this.
The file looks like this:
# My file
Dest=87;CompatibleSystemSoftwareVersion=2.5300-;
Dest=87;ImageVersion=000061f3;SystemSoftwareVersion=2.5300;CDN=http://my.backup.com/download.txt;CDN_Timeout=30;
I would like to extract the value for SystemSoftwareVersion and CDN into two variables as part of a bash-script so that I can use them further.
Appreciate the help...
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NAME
chartex - A utility to extract charts from an Excel file for insertion into a Spreadsheet::WriteExcel file.
DESCRIPTION
This program is used for extracting one or more charts from an Excel file in binary format. The charts can then be included in a
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See the "add_chart_ext()" section of the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel documentation for more details.
SYNOPSIS
chartex [--chartname --help --man] file.xls
Options:
--chartname -c The root name for the extracted charts,
defaults to "chart".
OPTIONS
--chartname or -c
This sets the root name for the extracted charts, defaults to "chart". For example:
$ chartex file.xls
Extracting "Chart1" to chart01.bin
$ chartex -c mychart file.xls
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--help or -h
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AUTHOR
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VERSION
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