set without options assigns its arguments to the variables $1, $2, etc.. For instance: -- signifies the end of options. Anything that comes after this will not be interpreted as an option to the command "set". This is used to ensure that if a variable has a value the starts with a "-" sign it does not unintentionally set an option.
The eval command plays a crucial role here. It first expandes "$line" so that the command with e.g. the second line of the input file reads:
So then $1 becomes 2, $2 becomes F, $3 G and $4 is set to "H H" etc..
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I have input file like
RDBMS FALIURE UTY8703 'USER_WORK.TEST' .HIghest return code '12'
I want to parse data which comed between first quote till next quote
USER_WORK.TEST
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1,2,3,,,,,5,
8,7,3,4,,,,
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2,3,1,0.0,0.0,4
1,2,3,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,5,
8,7,3,4,0.0,0.0,0.0,
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gravity
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~
~
~
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I'm stuck-up in finding a way to skip the delimiter which come within double quotes using awk or any other better option. can someone please help me out.
Below are the details:
Delimited: |
Sample data: 742433154|"SYN|THESIS MED CHEM PTY.... (2 Replies)
From:
1,2,3,4,5,This is a test
6,7,8,9,0,"This, is a test"
1,9,2,8,3,"This is a ""test"""
4,7,3,1,8,""""
To:
1,2,3,4,5,This is a test
6,7,8,9,0,"This; is a test"
1,9,2,8,3,"This is a ''test''"
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LEARN ABOUT PLAN9
getfields
GETFIELDS(2) System Calls Manual GETFIELDS(2)NAME
getfields, getmfields, setfields, tokenize - break a string into fields
SYNOPSIS
#include <u.h>
#include <libc.h>
int getfields(char *str, char **ptrs, int nptrs)
int getmfields(char *str, char **ptrs, int nptrs)
char* setfields(char *fielddelim)
int tokenize(char *str, char **args, int max)
DESCRIPTION
Getfields breaks the null-terminated string str into at most nptrs null-terminated fields and places pointers to the start of these fields
in the array ptrs. It returns the number of fields and terminates the list of pointers with a zero pointer. It overwrites some of the
bytes in str. If there are nptr or more fields, the list will not end with zero and the last `field' will extend to the end of the input
string and may contain delimiters.
A field is defined as a maximal sequence of characters not in a set of field delimiters. Adjacent fields are separated by exactly one
delimiter. No field follows a delimiter at the end of string. Thus a string of just two delimiter characters contains two empty fields,
and a nonempty string with no delimiters contains one field.
Getmfields is the same as getfields except that fields are separated by maximal strings of field delimiters rather than just one.
Setfields makes the field delimiters (space and tab by default) be the characters of the string fielddelim and returns a pointer to a
string of the previous delimiters.
Tokenize breaks null-terminated string str into tokens by replacing every blank or newline with a null byte. Pointers to successive non-
empty tokens are placed in args. Processing stops after max tokens are processed. Tokenize returns the number of tokens processed. Tok-
enize does not terminate args with a null pointer.
Alef
Of these routines, only tokenize is in Alef.
SOURCE
/sys/src/libc/port/getfields.c
/sys/src/libc/port/tokenize.c
SEE ALSO
strtok in strcat(2)GETFIELDS(2)