-l "chomps" $_ variable, meaning it removes only last newline. To remove newlines that are inside of the input string, s// has to be used.
This is a bit tricky piece. It is matching sequentially on $_ variable, and when match is found, the body of while loop is executed. So for each match in a string, the code of while's body will be executed. print ((length $1) + 1 + $sumIt will print starting position of the searched pattern. It is achieved by getting the number of characters before that string - length $1 ($1 stores match of the red part in regular expresion). To make it possible to print subsequent positions (after first match), the number of characters from the beginning of the string has to be saved. It is done by $sum. ((length $&) + $sum)This will calculate ending position of pattern to search ($& is a variable containing whole string matched by the regex, so length $& will get number of characters before searched pattern + length of that pattern. $sum+=length $&As I wrote before, $sum is saving the number of characters that regex already passed through.
Hi,
I need to insert strings "0000 00" at the each line within the file.
The postion is 37 to 42.
ex.
name1 name2 0000 00
nam name 0000 00
The "0000 00" in two lines should be lined up.
I don't know why it's not lined up when I posted it.
Can anyone help? (14 Replies)
Hi,
I have a challenging task,in which i have to find the duplicate files by its name and size,then i need to take anyone of the file.Then i need to open the file and find for more than one pattern and count of that pattern.
Note:These are the samples of two files,but i can have more... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have this input file called ttbitnres (which is catenated and sorted):-
8 0.4444 213
10 0.5555 342
11 0.5555 321
12 0.5555 231
13 0.4444 400
My code is at :-
#!/bin/bash
echo -e Version "\t" Number of Pass "\t" Number of Fail "\t" Rank Position "\t"Min "\t" Max... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I would like to find an efficient way to compare a pair of strings that differ at one position, and return the difference and position.
For example:
String1 123456789
String2 123454789
returning something - position 6, 6/4
Thanks in advance,
Mike (5 Replies)
Hi,
I need to search for some strings in specific positions in a file.
If the strings: "foo1", "foo2" or "foo3" is on position 266 or position 288 in a file i want the whole line printed.
Any idea how to do it? (5 Replies)
HI All,
am trying to find the position of space in a variable, it is working for other characters other than space
ulab="ulab1|ulab2"
find_pos=`expr index $ulab '|'`
echo $find_pos
above code worked fine but below one says syntax error
ulab="ulab ulab2"
find_pos=`expr index $ulab ' '`... (2 Replies)
i have a requirement like this
if the line contains from position 294 to 299 is equal to "prabhu" ,then print entire line .
i want to use awk
awk '{if(substr(294-299) == 'prabhu') print "line" }' filename (1 Reply)
I am not an expert with linux, but following various posts on this forum, I have been trying to write a script to match pattern of charters occurring together in a file.
My file has approximately 200 million characters (upper and lower case), with about 50 characters per line. I have merged all... (5 Replies)
I am using bash in Fedora 30
From the below lines (ls -l output), how can I print whatever is between the strings 'status_' and '.log'
$ ls -l | grep -i status
-rw-rw-r--. 1 sysadmin sysadmin 378530 Nov 11 21:58 status_vsbm1.log
-rw-rw-r--. 1 sysadmin sysadmin 428776 Nov 11 21:58... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: kraljic
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
egrep
grep(1) General Commands Manual grep(1)Name
grep, egrep, fgrep - search file for regular expression
Syntax
grep [option...] expression [file...]
egrep [option...] [expression] [file...]
fgrep [option...] [strings] [file]
Description
Commands of the family search the input files (standard input default) for lines matching a pattern. Normally, each line found is copied
to the standard output.
The command patterns are limited regular expressions in the style of which uses a compact nondeterministic algorithm. The command patterns
are full regular expressions. The command uses a fast deterministic algorithm that sometimes needs exponential space. The command pat-
terns are fixed strings. The command is fast and compact.
In all cases the file name is shown if there is more than one input file. Take care when using the characters $ * [ ^ | ( ) and in the
expression because they are also meaningful to the Shell. It is safest to enclose the entire expression argument in single quotes ' '.
The command searches for lines that contain one of the (new line-separated) strings.
The command accepts extended regular expressions. In the following description `character' excludes new line:
A followed by a single character other than new line matches that character.
The character ^ matches the beginning of a line.
The character $ matches the end of a line.
A . (dot) matches any character.
A single character not otherwise endowed with special meaning matches that character.
A string enclosed in brackets [] matches any single character from the string. Ranges of ASCII character codes may be abbreviated
as in `a-z0-9'. A ] may occur only as the first character of the string. A literal - must be placed where it can't be mistaken as
a range indicator.
A regular expression followed by an * (asterisk) matches a sequence of 0 or more matches of the regular expression. A regular
expression followed by a + (plus) matches a sequence of 1 or more matches of the regular expression. A regular expression followed
by a ? (question mark) matches a sequence of 0 or 1 matches of the regular expression.
Two regular expressions concatenated match a match of the first followed by a match of the second.
Two regular expressions separated by | or new line match either a match for the first or a match for the second.
A regular expression enclosed in parentheses matches a match for the regular expression.
The order of precedence of operators at the same parenthesis level is the following: [], then *+?, then concatenation, then | and new
line.
Options-b Precedes each output line with its block number. This is sometimes useful in locating disk block numbers by context.
-c Produces count of matching lines only.
-e expression
Uses next argument as expression that begins with a minus (-).
-f file Takes regular expression (egrep) or string list (fgrep) from file.
-i Considers upper and lowercase letter identical in making comparisons and only).
-l Lists files with matching lines only once, separated by a new line.
-n Precedes each matching line with its line number.
-s Silent mode and nothing is printed (except error messages). This is useful for checking the error status (see DIAGNOSTICS).
-v Displays all lines that do not match specified expression.
-w Searches for an expression as for a word (as if surrounded by `<' and `>'). For further information, see only.
-x Prints exact lines matched in their entirety only).
Restrictions
Lines are limited to 256 characters; longer lines are truncated.
Diagnostics
Exit status is 0 if any matches are found, 1 if none, 2 for syntax errors or inaccessible files.
See Alsoex(1), sed(1), sh(1)grep(1)