Guys,
I've a problem in the "sed" command used in my shellscripts
This is the problamatic line in my shell script:
sed -e 's/${line1}/${line1_m}/g' prod_hier_1234.txt > test.txt
It doesn't do the job of replacing the string stored in variable 'line1' to 'line1_m'.
However If I replace the... (10 Replies)
I have a current code working(named subst1) having a user be able to type this line to substitute words using the sed command:
subst1 old-pattern new-pattern filename
Here is my shell script:
#!/bin/bash
# subst1
ARGS=3
E_BADARGS=65
if
then
echo "Usage: `basename $0`... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I have the following line in one of my shell scripts. It works fine when the search string($SERACH_STR) exists in the logfile($ALERTLOG) but if the search string does not exist this line errors out at run time. Is there a way to make this line return 0 if it is not able to find the... (4 Replies)
Hello,
i want to take the input from user and according to that variable's value search in file emp.lst. Here is what i came up with
echo -e "Enter string to be searched :\c"
read str
sed -n '/\$str/p' emp.lst
this is not working! any idea why?Thanks in advance! :) (4 Replies)
Hi All,
I am not much strong in shell scripting...
I am using sed command in my script to find and replace a string.......
This is how script looks :
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#!/usr/bin/ksh
CONFIG_FILE=iom_test.txt
FIND=`echo "NIS_FTP_SERVER1=123.456.iom.com"`
REPLACE=`echo... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I am trying to use a sed command in a shell script in order to delete some lines in a file and I got the following error message.
I don't understand why it is not working 'cause I have tried with simple quotes, then with double-quotes, and it is not working.
sed: -e expression #1,... (7 Replies)
hi guys,
The following command doesn't seem to work in my shell script:
tag=$(sed -n '/${line}/ s/.*\.*/\1/p' myfile.txt)
When i replace the ${line} with an actual value, it works fine.
So, how do i use the ${line} in this sed command?
Thanks in advance,
Zaff (2 Replies)
I have a shell script (.sh) and I want to pass a parameter value to the awk command but I am getting exception, please assist.
diff=$1$2.diff
id=$2 new=new_$diff
echo "My id is $1"
echo "I want to sync for user account $id"
##awk command I am using is as below
cat $diff | awk... (2 Replies)
I am using a shell script in fedora linux. While calling to the shell I am also passing an argument (var1=0.77) like shown below
sh gossip.sh var1=0.77
in the shell following command is written (which doesn't work)
sed - i -e 's@prob=@prob="$var1";//@g' file.txt
Actually i want the... (7 Replies)
I have a simple task to replace unix line feed end of line characters with carriage returns.
When I run the following “change file in place” sed instruction from the command line all the Line feeds are successfully replaced with Carriage returns.
sed -i 's/$/\r/' lf_file.txt
But that same... (1 Reply)
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SHTOOL-TABLE.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-TABLE.TMP(1)NAME
shtool-table - GNU shtool pretty-print a field-separated list
SYNOPSIS
shtool table [-F|--field-sep sep] [-w|--width width] [-c|--columns cols] [-s|--strip strip] strsepstr...
DESCRIPTION
This pretty-prints a list of strings as a table.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-F, --field-sep sep
Separate columns using sep. Default is ":".
-w, --width width
Width of each column. Default is 15 characters.
-c, --columns cols
Number of columns. Default is 3.
-s, --strip strip
Strip off any characters past strip. Default is 79.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool table -F , -w 5 -c 4 "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12"
HISTORY
The GNU shtool table command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 1999 for GNU shtool.
SEE ALSO shtool(1), tr(1), fmt(1), sh(1), awk(1), sed(1).
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