06-17-2009
Searching a string in a file
Hi,
I am new to unix shell scripting.
I have a requirement.
Could anyone help me writing the script for the same?
Here goes the requirement:
I have a config file let's say temp.config.
Here is the data in the config file
temp.config :
-------------
name=victor
age=42
state=texas
place=houston
zip=77477
Now I have to write a shell script which will check for a string (e.g. "state=") in the config file
and give me the result corresponding to that string (i.e. "texas" in this case) and if at all the search string is not
present then it'll just display "string not present" in the console.
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