Hi All,
Im having a file named logserver.txt. I want a perl script to take a backup of that file, along with the datestamp; move the file to a different location or empty the contents of the file after backup.
Remember, the file gets generated when the related service starts. My condition is... (14 Replies)
So, this issue is driving me nuts! I was hoping to get a lending hand here...
I have 2 files:
file1.txt contains:
this is example1
this is example2
this is example3
this is example4
this is example5
file2.txt contains:
example3
example5
Basically, I need a script or command to... (4 Replies)
Hi all
I currently use the following in shell.
#!/bin/sh
while read LINE
do
perl -i -ne "$/ = ''; print if !m'Using archive: ${LINE}'ms;" "datafile"
done < "listfile"
NOTE the single quote delimiters in the expression. It's highly likely the 'LINE' may very well have characters in it... (3 Replies)
Give shell script....which takes two file names as input and compares the contents, is both are same delete second file's contents.....
I try with "diff"...... but confusion how to use "diff" with if ---else
Thanking you (5 Replies)
Hello,
I have two files as shown below:
test1
678
679
689
690
710
test2
1 678
654 800
676 791
689 900
I want to get a count of lines from test2 whose columns bound the values in test1
I tried running the code below; however am getting wrong results. (3 Replies)
Hi,
I want to delete the contents of a file which are matching with contents of other file in shell scripting.
Ex.
file1
sheel,sumit,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
sumit,rana,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
grade,pass,2,3,4,5,6,232,1,1
name,sur,33,1,4,12,3,5,6,8
sheel,pass,2,3,4,5,6,232,1,1
File2... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I have a file with tab delimited columns like:
File1
A 2 C R
F 4 D Q
C 9 A B
......
I want to grep out the lines in a second file, File2, corresponding to each line in File1
Can I do this:
while read a b c d
do
grep '$a\t$b\t$c\t$d' File2 >>... (2 Replies)
Hi
I have 2 files
1.del
----
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,4
1,1,1,1,2
2.del
----
1,2,3,4,5
1,
1,2,3,4,4
1,1,1,1,2
I need to compare the above two files in unix, as in the output should only tell the difference in contents as I should get only the line
1 ( from 2.del) , rest all lines are... (4 Replies)
I am trying to use the two files shown below to either remove or rename contents in one of those files. If in file1.txt $5 matches $5 of file2.txt and the value in $1 of file1.txt is not "No Match" then that value is substituted for all values in $5 and $1 of file2.txt. If however in $1 ... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
sdiff
SDIFF(1) User Commands SDIFF(1)NAME
sdiff - side-by-side merge of file differences
SYNOPSIS
sdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
DESCRIPTION
Side-by-side merge of file differences.
-o FILE --output=FILE
Operate interactively, sending output to FILE.
-i--ignore-case
Consider upper- and lower-case to be the same.
-E--ignore-tab-expansion
Ignore changes due to tab expansion.
-b--ignore-space-change
Ignore changes in the amount of white space.
-W--ignore-all-space
Ignore all white space.
-B--ignore-blank-lines
Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.
-I RE --ignore-matching-lines=RE
Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.
--strip-trailing-cr
Strip trailing carriage return on input.
-a--text
Treat all files as text.
-w NUM --width=NUM
Output at most NUM (default 130) print columns.
-l--left-column
Output only the left column of common lines.
-s--suppress-common-lines
Do not output common lines.
-t--expand-tabs
Expand tabs to spaces in output.
--tabsize=NUM
Tab stops are every NUM (default 8) print columns.
-d--minimal
Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.
-H--speed-large-files
Assume large files and many scattered small changes.
--diff-program=PROGRAM
Use PROGRAM to compare files.
-v--version
Output version info.
--help Output this help.
If a FILE is `-', read standard input. Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
AUTHOR
Written by Thomas Lord.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for sdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sdiff programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info diff
should give you access to the complete manual.
diffutils 2.8.7 April 2004 SDIFF(1)