11-28-2010
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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear Friends,
I need a shell script.
I am facing a problem while selecting the text that is between start and end tags. and insert the paragraph into a file1, next paragraph in file2......
experts please help.
i have a file which contains,
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<abc> 111some text some text
some... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: swamymns
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
For a intro UNIX course I'm taking, I need to use the command "tr" to display a file on standard output without any newlines (all on one line).
I assume I would start with "cat filename | tr" but don't know what to put after tr.
Any ideas would be lovely!
Thanks. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: otes4
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a file that contains the following lines
the brown quick fox
jumped over
the white laze dog
0123456789
I wanted to put the contents of this file into a variable so I used this code:
VAR_LIST=`cat $2`
where $2 is the file name passed as an argument to the script
If I... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Nomaad
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have to search those statements from the file which starts from "shanky"(only shanky, shanky09 or 09shanky is not allowed) and ends with ");". These two string can be in a same line or different line. And also i have to negate those lines which starts with #.
Can any one please give me... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shanky09
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a requirement to search for a string in a large log file along with few lines before and after the the string. The following script was sufficient to search such an entry.
STRING_TO_GREP="$1"
FILE_TO_GREP="$2"
NUMBER_OF_LINES_BEFORE=$3
NUMBER_OF_LINES_AFTER=$4
for i in `grep... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: praveen123
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
i'm new to this community. I am trying to write a script which will fetch ftp completion time of a file from a paragraph of a big text file ( which contains multiple paragraphs) . Each paragraph will have ftp details..
Now I dont know how to fetch process time within a paragraph of... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: prachiagra
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hey guys,
I tried searching but most 'search and replace' questions are related to one liners.
Say I have a file to be replaced that has the following:
$ cat testing.txt
TESTING
AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD
EEE
FFF
GGG
HHH
ENDTESTING
This is the input file: (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: DeuceLee
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
This is for AIX 6.1, I've a flat file and the format is like this
DECLARE
some statements;
BEGIN
some statements;
END;
I've to search BEGIN and replace it with the following 4 lines
BEGIN
For x in 1..1
LOOP
BEGIN
Similarly I've to search END and replace it with the... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Mukul Sharma
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
how to find multiple lines in to multiple files if matched lines then do
f1 f2 f3 are files ,lines contain matched lines
f1
asdasdasdasd
asdasdasdasd
abc
def
Business date cannot be as of date
ghi
sdasdasdasda
asdasdasdada
f2 (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Kalia
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is a text formatter. Its input consists of the text to be out-
put, intermixed with formatting commands. A formatting command
is a line containing the control character followed by a two
character command name, and possibly one or more arguments. The
control character is initially . (dot). The formatted output is
produced on standard output. The formatting commands are listed
below, with being a number, being a character, and being a title.
A + before n means it may be signed, indicating a positive or
negative change from the current value. Initial values for where
relevant, are given in parentheses.
.ad Adjust right margin.
.ar Arabic page numbers.
.br Line break. Subsequent text will begin on a new line.
.bl n Insert n blank lines.
.bp +n Begin new page and number it n. No n means +1.
.cc c Control character is set to c.
.ce n Center the next n input lines.
.de zz Define a macro called zz. A line with .. ends definition.
.ds Double space the output. Same as .ls 2.
.ef t Even page footer title is set to t.
.eh t Even page header title is set to t.
.fi Begin filling output lines as full as possible.
.fo t Footer titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hc c The character c (e.g., %) tells roff where hyphens are permitted.
.he t Header titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hx Header titles are suppressed.
.hy n Hyphenation is done if n is 1, suppressed if it is 0. Default is 1.
.ig Ignore input lines until a line beginning with .. is found.
.in n Indent n spaces from the left margin; force line break.
.ix n Same as .in but continue filling output on current line.
.li n Literal text on next n lines. Copy to output unmodified.
.ll +n Line length (including indent) is set to n (65).
.ls +n Line spacing: n (1) is 1 for single spacing, 2 for double, etc.
.m1 n Insert n (2) blank lines between top of page and header.
.m2 n Insert n (2) blank lines between header and start of text.
.m3 n Insert n (1) blank lines between end of text and footer.
.m4 n Insert n (3) blank lines between footer and end of page.
.na No adjustment of the right margin.
.ne n Need n lines. If fewer are left, go to next page.
.nn +n The next n output lines are not numbered.
.n1 Number output lines in left margin starting at 1.
.n2 n Number output lines starting at n. If 0, stop numbering.
.ni +n Indent line numbers by n (0) spaces.
.nf No more filling of lines.
.nx f Switch input to file f.
.of t Odd page footer title is set to t.
.oh t Odd page header title is set to t.
.pa +n Page adjust by n (1). Same as .bp
.pl +n Paper length is n (66) lines.
.po +n Page offset. Each line is started with n (0) spaces.
.ro Page numbers are printed in Roman numerals.
.sk n Skip n pages (i.e., make them blank), starting with next one.
.sp n Insert n blank lines, except at top of page.
.ss Single spacing. Equivalent to .ls 1.
.ta Set tab stops, e.g., .ta 9 17 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 (default).
.tc c Tabs are expanded into c. Default is space.
.ti n Indent next line n spaces; then go back to previous indent.
.tr ab Translate a into b on output.
.ul n Underline the letters and numbers in the next n lines.