i need to cut the string in a textfile but each line has a specific way of cutting it (different lengths)
i have a for loop that gets the string line per line, then each line has to be compared:
for x in `cat tmp2.txt`; do
if; then
echo 'BAC'
elif
... (6 Replies)
I have delimited-text files ( > 4GB ) and is just one line.
OS: HP-UX 11.23
Awk / cut / sed all have line_max limitations. & unable to read one line in (Buffered-mode).
Sample file:
xxxx|adsfadf|Afdsa|adsf|afds|Asdfas|ads|Afds|Asdf| .....till forever,
I want to put a carriage... (5 Replies)
Hi!
I need to do the following:
(1) I wan't to extract a line of a textfile (defined by a numer) and store it into a variable...
(2) ...but I want to cut out a part of the line which is between two tokens and store just this to the variable
Example:
BlaBlaBla Bla2Bla2Bla2 *pPointerOne;... (4 Replies)
FOLKS ,
i have a text file that is generated automatically of an another korn shell script, i want to bring in the fifth line of the text file in to my korn shell script and look for a particular word in the line . Can you all share some thoughts on this one.
thanks...
Venu (3 Replies)
How can i make a script to add text before the first word on a line in a textfile :
Example:
Old line:
is my place
New line:
this is my place
Please use and tags when posting code, data or logs etc. to preserve formatting and enhance readability, thanks. (3 Replies)
Hello everyone,
I don't really know anything about scripting, but I have to manage to make this script, out of necessity.
#!/bin/bash
while read -r line; do #I'm reading from a big wordlist
instructions using $line
done
Is there a way to automatically write the $line number the script... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I was doing some research and can't seem to find anything. I'm trying to automate a process by creating a script to read a csv line and column and assigning that value to a variable for the script to process it.
Also if you could tell me the line and column if it's on another work ... (3 Replies)
I have hundreds of files to process. In each file
I need to look for a pattern then
extract value(s) from next line and then
search for value(s) selected from point (2) in the same file at a specific position.
HEADER ELECTRON TRANSPORT 18-MAR-98 1A7V
TITLE CYTOCHROME... (7 Replies)
My first post, so don't kill me :)
Say i open some textfile with some example like this.
on the table are handy, bread and wine
Now i know exactly what is in and i want to separate and sorted it in terminal to an existing file with another 2 existing lines in like this:
table
plane ... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: schwatter
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shell-quote
SHELL-QUOTE(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation SHELL-QUOTE(1)NAME
shell-quote - quote arguments for safe use, unmodified in a shell command
SYNOPSIS
shell-quote [switch]... arg...
DESCRIPTION
shell-quote lets you pass arbitrary strings through the shell so that they won't be changed by the shell. This lets you process commands
or files with embedded white space or shell globbing characters safely. Here are a few examples.
EXAMPLES
ssh preserving args
When running a remote command with ssh, ssh doesn't preserve the separate arguments it receives. It just joins them with spaces and
passes them to "$SHELL -c". This doesn't work as intended:
ssh host touch 'hi there' # fails
It creates 2 files, hi and there. Instead, do this:
cmd=`shell-quote touch 'hi there'`
ssh host "$cmd"
This gives you just 1 file, hi there.
process find output
It's not ordinarily possible to process an arbitrary list of files output by find with a shell script. Anything you put in $IFS to
split up the output could legitimately be in a file's name. Here's how you can do it using shell-quote:
eval set -- `find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 shell-quote --`
debug shell scripts
shell-quote is better than echo for debugging shell scripts.
debug() {
[ -z "$debug" ] || shell-quote "debug:" "$@"
}
With echo you can't tell the difference between "debug 'foo bar'" and "debug foo bar", but with shell-quote you can.
save a command for later
shell-quote can be used to build up a shell command to run later. Say you want the user to be able to give you switches for a command
you're going to run. If you don't want the switches to be re-evaluated by the shell (which is usually a good idea, else there are
things the user can't pass through), you can do something like this:
user_switches=
while [ $# != 0 ]
do
case x$1 in
x--pass-through)
[ $# -gt 1 ] || die "need an argument for $1"
user_switches="$user_switches "`shell-quote -- "$2"`
shift;;
# process other switches
esac
shift
done
# later
eval "shell-quote some-command $user_switches my args"
OPTIONS --debug
Turn debugging on.
--help
Show the usage message and die.
--version
Show the version number and exit.
AVAILABILITY
The code is licensed under the GNU GPL. Check http://www.argon.org/~roderick/ or CPAN for updated versions.
AUTHOR
Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
perl v5.16.3 2010-06-11 SHELL-QUOTE(1)