Hi there,
I'm using the result of an sql query in a script:
But I'd like to separate each column. And the following doesn't work:
What I expected was: Why can't I use tabs in string manipulations? Since ${line%%\t*} doesn't work, what's the correct syntax?
Hi, I have searched this long and hard and don't seem to see another post on this issue.
I have two strings each with the same characters but in a different order.
String1=”word”
String2=”dwor”
I want to test them to show their similarity. Unfortunately I can't do a sort so that they will... (9 Replies)
Hi,
I have a file with rows of text like so :
E100005568374098100000015667
D100005568374032000000112682
H100005228374060800000002430
I need to grab just the last digits(bolded) of each line without the proceeding text/numbers.
Thanks (5 Replies)
Hi,
i am just gettin exposed to UNIX.
Could anyone of u help me out with dis problem..?
i have a variable 'act' which has the value as follows,
echo $act gives -0- -0- -----0---- 2008-06-04 -0- -0-
echo "$act" | awk '{print ($act)}'
gives,
-0-
-0-
-----0----
2008-06-04
-0-
-0-
I... (2 Replies)
I am doing some training for a job I have just got and there is an exercise I am stuck with. I am not posting to ask a question about logic, just a trivial help with string manipulation. I would appreciate if somebody could at least give me a hint on how to do it.
Basically, the intelligent part... (8 Replies)
i have a file that contains a pattern like this:
ajay 1234 newyork available
kumar 2345 denver
singh 2345 newyork
ajay 3456 denver
kumar 3456 newyork
singh 3456 delhi available
ajay 4567 miami
kumar 4567 miami
singh 4567 delhi
i want to search for each line... (5 Replies)
Write a shell program to display the position of the right - most character in a given input string.
Example :
Input : RAHUL
Output : L is in the 5th position
also tell me how to count length of string and how to find the position of specific character in left most side.
Homework... (0 Replies)
i have something like this...
echo "teCertificateId" | awk -F'Id' '{ print $1 }' | awk -F'te' '{ print $2 }'
Certifica
the awk should remove 'te' only if it is present at the start of the string.. anywhere else it should ignore it.
expected output is
Certificate (7 Replies)
I'm making a little game in Perl, and I am trying to remove the first instance of a character in an arbitrary string. For example, if the string is
"cupcakes"and the user enters another string that contains letters from "cupcake" e.g:
"sake"the original string will now look like this (below)... (3 Replies)
If a have a variable with a first and last name.
and say the variable looks like this...
FIRST LAST
how could process the variable to look like
First .L
bash 3.2 (osx) (3 Replies)
str contains tabs and multiple spaces
str="hello world. How are you?"
I want to check string start with hello world,
and my code is:
if ]world"* ]]; then
echo "found"
else
echo "not found"
fi
Not work
Other solution may work is to replace all tabs and... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmdcmd
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LEARN ABOUT OSX
tabs
TABS(1) BSD General Commands Manual TABS(1)NAME
tabs -- set terminal tabs
SYNOPSIS
tabs [-n | -a | -a2 | -c | -c2 | -c3 | -f | -p | -s | -u] [+m[n]] [-T type]
tabs [-T type] [+[n]] n1[,n2,...]
DESCRIPTION
The tabs utility displays a series of characters that clear the hardware terminal tab settings then initialises tab stops at specified posi-
tions, and optionally adjusts the margin.
In the first synopsis form, the tab stops set depend on the command line options used, and may be one of the predefined formats or at regular
intervals.
In the second synopsis form, tab stops are set at positions n1, n2, etc. If a position is preceded by a '+', it is relative to the previous
position set. No more than 20 positions may be specified.
If no tab stops are specified, the ``standard'' UNIX tab width of 8 is used.
The options are as follows:
-n Set a tab stop every n columns. If n is 0, the tab stops are cleared but no new ones are set.
-a Assembler format (columns 1, 10, 16, 36, 72).
-a2 Assembler format (columns 1, 10, 16, 40, 72).
-c COBOL normal format (columns 1, 8, 12, 16, 20, 55)
-c2 COBOL compact format (columns 1, 6, 10, 14, 49)
-c3 COBOL compact format (columns 1, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 67).
-f FORTRAN format (columns 1, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23).
-p PL/1 format (columns 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61).
-s SNOBOL format (columns 1, 10, 55).
-u Assembler format (columns 1, 12, 20, 44).
+m[n], +[n]
Set an n character left margin, or 10 if n is omitted.
-T type
Output escape sequence for the terminal type type.
ENVIRONMENT
The LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and TERM environment variables affect the execution of tabs as described in environ(7).
The -T option overrides the setting of the TERM environment variable. If neither TERM nor the -T option are present, tabs will fail.
EXIT STATUS
The tabs utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO expand(1), stty(1), tput(1), unexpand(1), termcap(5)STANDARDS
The tabs utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').
HISTORY
A tabs utility appeared in PWB UNIX. This implementation was introduced in FreeBSD 5.0.
BUGS
The current termcap(5) database does not define the 'ML' (set left soft margin) capability for any terminals.
BSD May 20, 2002 BSD