Sure. Parameter 1 is $1, 2 is $2, and so forth. $# is the number of parameters available. The 'shift' command makes it easy to put it in a loop by getting rid of the first parameter and moving them all down. This would print all parameters, first to last:
Parameters in functions work the exact same way as parameters on the command-line.
Hi this is quite simple i am sure but without using awk or sed i need to add text to the top of a file this is what i have got so far
#!bin/bash
echo "Add text to top of file"
read line
echo $line >> file1
This adds the text to the bottom of the file can some1 please help cheers (7 Replies)
Hi all,
I need to insert new text and change existing text in a file. For that I used the below line in the command line and got the expected output.
sed '$a\
hi...
' shell > shell1
But I face problem when using the same in script. It is throwing the error as,
sed: command garbled:... (4 Replies)
Hi everyone,
I have a program that produces postscript files on the fly
The color of the files produced are in black and white
I want to change the text color of postscript file as the file is being produced without having to manually go into the ps file and change it myself.
Any Ideas?... (5 Replies)
Hi folks,
Need some help with XML to text file parsing , the following is the content of the XML File.
<xn:SubNetwork id="SNJNPRZDCR0R03">
<xn:MeContext id="PRSJU0005">
<xn:VsDataContainer id="PRSJU0005">
<xn:attributes>
... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I want to parse an XML File using Shell Script preferably by using awk command,
I/P file is :
<gn:ExternalGsmCell id="016P3A">
<gn:attributes>
<gn:mnc>410</gn:mnc>
<gn:mcc>310</gn:mcc>
<gn:lac>8016</gn:lac>
... (2 Replies)
Hi,
Iam a novice to unix shell scripting, need a help from you guys.The scenario is as follows, i have the following Text file.
order No Company Category
21 aaa A
24 aaa A
87 aaa B
98 aaa B
23 abc A
45 abc B
25 bbb A
76 wes A
66 ... (6 Replies)
Legends,
I have following entries in a file.
I want to toggle the entry of 2nd column. TRUE/FALSE
i tried using perl -p -i -e
but the problem is, if instead of "tab" space after 1st column, there is a character or multi character space then this won't work.
perl -p -i -e... (6 Replies)
Hello friends,
I have a file as follows:
"empty line"
content1
content2
content3
content1
content2
content3
content1
content2
content3
It starts with an empty line,
how can i get a csv like this: (12 Replies)
I have input data looks like this which is a part of a csv file
7,1265,76548,"0102:04"
8,1266,76545,"0112:04"
I need to make the output data should look like this and the output data will be part of text file:
7|1265000 |7654899 |A|
8|12660000 |76545999 |B|
The logic behind the... (6 Replies)
I have a log file, which i have divided into 14 files using csplit, the file looks like below
test-000000
test-000001 #and so on until 14
now I want all the 14 files generated to be renamed as the some part of test in first line of the file how can i eliminate the unwanted text?
sample... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sekhar419
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LEARN ABOUT XFREE86
shift
shift(1) User Commands shift(1)NAME
shift - shell built-in function to traverse either a shell's argument list or a list of field-separated words
SYNOPSIS
sh
shift [n]
csh
shift [variable]
ksh
* shift [n]
DESCRIPTION
sh
The positional parameters from $n+1 ... are renamed $1 ... . If n is not given, it is assumed to be 1.
csh
The components of argv, or variable, if supplied, are shifted to the left, discarding the first component. It is an error for the variable
not to be set or to have a null value.
ksh
The positional parameters from $n+1 $n+1 ... are renamed $1 ..., default n is 1. The parameter n can be any arithmetic expression that
evaluates to a non-negative number less than or equal to $#.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment, are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign and word splitting and file name generation are not
performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 shift(1)