It looks for at least one character that is not a '|' ( [^|] ) at the start of the line plus the first '|' and stores it in variable 1 it stores the rest of the line in variable 2. Then it prints variable 2 followed by variable 1 ( \2\1 ). IMO in practice it is equivalent to:
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Hi,
Could you please explain me the below statement -- phrase wise.
sed -e :a -e '$q;N;'$cnt',$D;ba' abc.txt > xyz.txt
if suppose $cnt contains value: 10
it copies last 9 lines of abc.txt to xyz.txt
why it is copying last 9 rather than 10.
and also what is ba and $D over there in... (4 Replies)
Hi,
The following command works fine for me, but I could not grasp the logic working behind of sed command, it's obscure to me :( :confused:
echo "./20080916/core/audioex.amr" | sed "s%\(\)/%\1_%g"
o/p: ./20080916_core_audioex.amr
Could anyone please explain to me in detail, that how... (6 Replies)
Hello everyone,
I found this command line in a website:
perl -pi.bak -we's/\z/Your new line\n/ if $. == 2;' your_text_file.txt
With this command line you can insert a new line anywhere you want in a text without overwriting what's in it.
-p causes perl to assume a loop around your... (4 Replies)
This is my first post so hi to you all. I have browsed these forums in the past and what a great community and resource this is! Thanks to all the contributors ... I look forward to being able to give something back.
In the meantime, I have a little conundrum concerning sed. My very simple... (6 Replies)
Hi Friends,
I am trying to modify a script .The script contains this line:
sed -n -e 's_.*>\(.*\)<.*_\1_p' filename.xml
I am not great in sed command.I know, it is regular expression
to match a pattern string that starts with s_ and ends with 1_.I doesnot give the desired result.
Can... (4 Replies)
sed '$!N; /^\(.*\)\n\1$/!P; D'
i found this file which removes duplicates irrespective for sorted or unsorted file. keep first occurance and remove the further occurances.
can any1 explain how this is working..
i need to remove duplicates following file. duplicate criteria is not the... (3 Replies)
can anyone please tell me what does this expression means , i am under probation and need some explanation :)
$AUDIT_DIR -type f -mtime +$AUDIT_EXPIRE \ -exec rm {} > /dev/null 2>&1 \;
AUDIT_DIR="/var/log/"
AUDIT_EXPIRE='30'
Please use code tags! (4 Replies)
Hi everyone,
I am wondering if someone could please break down and explain the following sort command for me:
ls ${DEST_LOCATION}/${FILES} | sort -rt -k 4,4n | head -1
I have tried working it out using 'man sort', but on AIX there is not a great explanation of this function. I know that... (9 Replies)
Hi Folks,
I am struggling to understand nawk command which was used by another developer.
Can you please explain what each character or string is doing here below:
if ; then (3 Replies)