1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I am running this command in perl print "this is a test message @1.00 pm\n" but the output i am getting as this is a test message .00 pm pls help, how to get the proper output (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi, I have to split a line of the form 1232423#asdf#124324#54534#dcfg#wert#rrftt#4567 into an array in perl. I am using @fields; @fields=split('#',$line); if($fields eq "1") But this is not working. By using the syntax, the statements in "if" are never executed. Please help.... (9 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, My Input file looks like below: Input: 100,200,300 $fw=`head -1 test.csv | awk -F, '{print \$1}'`; $fw="'$fw" $fw="$fw'" print $fw Output:'100' I want the first field to be printed in single quotes ('') like above. I could get the ouptput but the problem is single... (6 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am trying to use a script to replace the header of each file, whose filename are stored within the array $test, using the sed command within a Perl script as follows: $count = 0; while ( $count < $#test ) { `sed -e 's/BIOGRF 321/BIOGRF 332/g' ${test} > 0`; `cat 0 >... (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Everyone, i have a string 00:44:40 so: $tmp=~ s/://gi; $tmp=~s/({2})({2})({2})/$1*3600+$2*60+$3/e; the output is 2680. Any way to combine this two lines into a single line? Thanks (4 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, Can any perl experts help me convert my sed string to perl. I am unsuccessful with this. I have to remove this string from html files OAS_AD('Top'); I have come up with this. However the requirement is in perl. for find in $(find . -type f -name "file1.html") ; do cat $find |... (2 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hey guys I am trying to send a perl -e command to a number of systems using SSH. The command should retrieve some information for me. The problem is, the remote shell tries to interpolate my variables and doesn't get it should take the command literally and just execute it. Below the code.... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

so in unix this command works works and shows me a list of directories find . -name \*.xls -exec dirname {} \; | sort -u | > list.txt but when i try running a perl script to run this command my $query = 'find . -name \*.xls -exec dirname {} \; | sort -u | > list.txt';... (2 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Greetings to all, I am trying to write or use a perl line command in a shell script to replace the first 9 characters on each line in a file to zero, regardless of what the first 9 characters are. This is how far I have gotten: perl -pi -e 's/........../ filename Thanks in advance for the help (4 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Alll i need something in perl that can check if a hard mount ( /tools ) if mounted and, if it is not print "not mount" i had this, but it will not work because it looks for a directory which will always exist regardless if the mount if there are not #!/usr/bin/perl my $DELAY = 300;... (1 Reply)