1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have a file name, for which I want to strip out the first bit and leave the rest... So I want to take the file name .lockfile-filename.10001 ,strip it and have only filename.10001 ... Thanking you all inadvance, Zak (6 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I have a file having content, $ cat data1.txt 20060620 142 62310 959400 A 5.00 20060620 142 62310 959400 B 3.00 20060620 143 62310 959401 A 7.00 20060620 143 62310 959401 B 4.00 20060620 144 62310 959402 A 8.00 20060620 144 62310... (6 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Could you please help me to achieve the below: In a file I need to convert the multiple lines whose filed 1 and field 5 values are same into a single line but with the field 4 values comma separed as mentioned below. Fileds after 5 shall be discarded. Also here by default all other remaining... (6 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have large number of data files, close to 300 files, lets say all files are same kind and have extension .dat , each file have mulitple lines in it. There is a unique line in each file containing string 'SERVER'. Right after this line there is another line which contain a string 'DIGIT=0',... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have got a sample file below(colon(:) is the field separator) . The data is like col1:col2:col3:col4:col5:col6:col7:col8:col9:col10 11:12:012:aa:a a a:10::111:12: 311:321:320:caad::321:31:3333:: 2:22:222::bbb::cads::2222:20 :::::12:1234::12: :5:55::555:5555::::55550 Now I want to find... (9 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I would really appreciate some help, I couldn't nail my problem: I would like to create some setter and getter functions to make my life easier. my sample file contains: keyword - some tabs - value - semicolon number 12.1; float .3; double 12; real 12.2324; stuff .234; decimal... (5 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello, I am having issues generating the output file below from this input file: Basically, what I want is if the ID= matches with the line below to print the first value in column 3 and the last value of column 4 for the matching ID's. The ID's can repeat more than twice, however, they... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I have a large flat file where i need to change data in columns 131-133 based on what is in columns 172-173. I am not sure if I need to read the file line by line and make the change or if I can do this in a single statement. thank you (3 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Guys, I have a variable in a script that I want to transform to into something else Im hoping you guys can help. It doesn't have to use sed/awk but I figured these would be the simplest. DATE=20160120 I'd like to transform $DATE into "01-20-16" and move it into a new variable called... (8 Replies)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

I'm new with sed, and i am really confused with slashes, backslashes, parentheses, I've tried reading some beginner's guide, but still trouble fixing this problem, do you have any tips where or what to read to learn more about sed? can you also help me with my problem? Note: I was tasked to use... (4 Replies)