Sorry, but set -x does what?
The loop is in a .ksh script which is called from out an application with different parameters, and there is e.g. a file (variable $_dbgfile) which is used, to log the output.
I'm pretty new in this, so thanks for your patience
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in a ksh script, i want to process
some string variables using awk,
and then i want to go on using this variables
in the same ksh (out of awk lines)
can anybody send me a very simple example about this? (0 Replies)
Hi -
I have an expression that evaluates to "Alive" or some other condition. e.g. if I run :-
awk -F \| '{gsub(/]*/,"",$4); print $4 }'
then the output is "Alive".
I want to be able to test this as the result may be some other condition other than "Alive". I have tried the following... (4 Replies)
Howdy, I'm new to awk and am writing scripts primarily in ksh. What I'm trying to do is use awk to go through a list which contains multiple fields and four columns. I need awk to find and print a couple of columns that contain the lowest value.
e.g.
Jim ABC xyz 12.5
Jack ... (3 Replies)
Hello,
How can i use awk '{print substr($1......
is order to grep a parameter from the first time i encounter a specific characther.
I.e
ABC=ahaakl/123456/ksksk
i want to grep only 123456
(It must be using awk substr)
thanks. (3 Replies)
Guys,
I am new in awk , I face problem while i try to use for loop in awk,
I am using ksh, i am trying to set a for loop which runs as man times as the records in a file , the for loop like for(a=1;a<=5;a++) is working in my awk script but the one i need is not working :wall:
for example
... (8 Replies)
I am trying to use either awk or nawk in ksh88 to grep the word "Reason" in multiple files and than print the lines that say "Reason" in a particular format that is different from how they would normally print. The original input is as follows:
... (10 Replies)
Alright, so I've been banging my head against the wall for the past 7 hours trying to figure this out :wall:. What I'm trying to do is "unwrap" periodic coordinates from a molecular simulation to put them back in their unit cell box. I've accomplished that little bit of magic easily enough, but... (6 Replies)
Using ksh to call a function which has awk script embedded.
It parses a long two element list file, filled with text numbers (I want column 2, beginning no sooner than line 45, that's the only known thing) . It's unknown where to start or end the data collection, dynamic variables will be used. ... (1 Reply)
:oi was trying to write a script to format output of a command in ksh which has output as below:
so i used :
to get
which i require at all times. But problem occurs when status part changes. above output i get when status is SU (success).If the status is IN (inactive), output of... (1 Reply)
I am trying to use awk command withing ksh.
ksh "echo \"my name\" | awk '{print $2}'"
I am getting out as :
my name
Expected output:
name
When I use
echo "my name" | awk '{print $2}'
I am getting the correct output:
name
I am not sure what mistake I am doing when using awk... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT POSIX
suspend
suspend(1) User Commands suspend(1)NAME
suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell
SYNOPSIS
sh
suspend
csh
suspend
ksh
suspend
DESCRIPTION
sh
Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).
csh
Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.
ksh
Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 suspend(1)