I'm a Linux newb, I've been running a Debian Linux server for about a year now, and I've written some simple scripts to automate various things, but I still don't know much, and I forget what I learn as fast as I figure it out... Anyway, that really isn't important, I just want you to know that... (14 Replies)
I am reading a file and copying selected lines from the file into another using echo.
For eg:
while read line
do
if ((some logic to determine whether I need to copy the current line to another file))
then
echo $line > tempfile
fi
done<srcfile
The problem I have is the data in the file... (1 Reply)
I am searching while I await a response to this so if it has been asked already I apologize.
I have a file with lines in it that look like:
bob johnson email@email.org
I need it to look like:
bob:johnson:email@email.org
I am trying to use sed like this:
sed -e 's/ /:/g' file >... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I should read one character at a fixed position from each line of the file. So how ??? should be substituted in the code below:
while read line ; do
single_char=`???`
echo "$single_char"
done < $input_file (8 Replies)
I am trying to read a txt file and trying to translate multiples spaces into single spaces so the file is more organized, but whenever I try the command:
tr ' ' ' ' w.txt
The output is:
tr: extra operand `w.txt'
Try `tr --help' for more information.
Can someone please help? :wall:
... (2 Replies)
I have a file proc.txt:
if @debug = 1 then
message 'Start Processing ', @procname, dateformat(now(*), 'hh:mm:ss'), @julian type info to client;
end if;
/*
execute immediate with quotes
'insert into sys_suppdata (property, value, key_name)
location ''' || @supp_server || '.' ||... (5 Replies)
I am new to shell scripting and wished to get few things clarified.
While calling functions within shell script, output comes out as single line irrespective of the no of echos or newlines I tried within function +
the echo -e used to invoke function ( as instructed online) :
#!/bin/sh
inc() {... (1 Reply)
Hi,
In a csv file, I want to select records where first column has zero or multiple spaces.
Eg: abc.csv
,123,a
,22,b
,11,c
a,11,d
So output should be:
,123,a
,22,b
,11,c
Please advise (5 Replies)
Hi All.
Attached are two files.
I ran a query and have the output as in the file with name "FILEWITHFOURRECORDS.txt "
I didn't want all the spaces between the columns so I squeezed the spaces with the "tr" command and also added a carriage return at the end of every line.
But in two... (3 Replies)
Hello,
This is Solaris 10 (x86)
bash-3.2# cat /etc/release
Solaris 10 5/09 s10x_u7wos_08 X86
Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 30 March... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: solaris_1977
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fspec
fspec(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual fspec(4)NAME
fspec - format specification in text files
DESCRIPTION
It is sometimes convenient to maintain text files on the HP-UX system with non-standard tabs, (meaning tabs that are not set at every
eighth column). Generally, such files must be converted to a standard format - frequently by replacing all tabs with the appropriate num-
ber of spaces - before they can be processed by HP-UX system commands. A format specification occurring in the first line of a text file
specifies how tabs are to be expanded in the remainder of the file.
A format specification consists of a sequence of parameters separated by blanks and surrounded by the brackets and Each parameter consists
of a keyletter, possibly followed immediately by a value. The following parameters are recognized:
The parameter specifies tab settings for the file. The value of tabs must be one of the following:
1. A list of column numbers separated by commas, indicating tabs set at the specified columns;
2. A followed immediately by an integer n, indicating tabs at intervals of n columns;
3. A followed by the name of a ``canned'' tab specification.
Standard tabs are specified by or equivalently, etc. Recognized canned tabs are defined by the command (see
tabs(1)).
The parameter specifies a maximum line size. The value of size must be an integer. Size checking is performed after
tabs have been expanded, but before the margin is inserted at the beginning of the line.
The parameter specifies a number of spaces to be inserted at the beginning of each line. The value of margin must be an
integer.
The parameter takes no value. Its presence indicates that the line containing the format specification is to be deleted
from the converted file.
The parameter takes no value. Its presence indicates that the current format is to prevail only until another format
specification is encountered in the file.
Default values (assumed for parameters not supplied) are and If the parameter is not specified, no size checking is performed. If the
first line of a file does not contain a format specification, the above defaults are assumed for the entire file. The following is an
example of a line containing a format specification:
If a format specification can be disguised as a comment, it is not necessary to code the parameter.
Several HP-UX system commands correctly interpret the format specification for a file. Among them is which can be used to convert files to
a standard format acceptable to other HP-UX system commands.
SEE ALSO ed(1), newform(1), tabs(1).
fspec(4)