1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have several lines like this ones: 123456789abcde /aa/bb/123456_$data.log 123456789abcde /aa/bb/123456_not_a_data_log 987654321ab /aa/bb/xpto123456_$data.log ... How do I get into a variable the value "/aa/bb/123456_$data.log" , searching only for the beggining and ending... (3 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

This is probably pretty simple butI'm not sure how to best go about it. If I have FILE="myBigLongFileName_1.xls" FILE_PREFIX=`echo $FILE| cut -d"." -f1` # that gives "myBigLongFileName_1" All i want to do now is chop the "_1" from the end of $FILE_PREFIX Any ideas anyone? (3 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I have a value of a filepath in a variable DATAFILE with value as "customtop/gpsore37/gepspo/1.0/bin/ashoka.csv ". Now i want the value of last 4 charcters in to another variable. That is EXTENSION = .csv How can i do this in Shell scripting Thanks in advance Alla Kishore (8 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Dear All, i have a file that contains, FROM_DATE: 06-08-2007 00:00:00 TO_DATE: 06-08-2007 23:59:59 Total number of lines: 6874154 in another file,the contain is, FROM_DATE: 06-08-2007 00:00:00 Total number of lines: 874154 alltime i want to find the particular string... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am trying to do something which I thought was very simple but still being a beginner, has proved not to be. Input: val1 val2 val3 val4 val5 val6 . . . etc Desired Output: Every row in which value of val6 is a number starting with 0.0 or contains a capital E. The input... (2 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I need to check the occurrence of one string within another. code ******************** if ;then do something done ******************** Thanks (7 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi , I have complete path Sample: /pkgs/Incoming/Completed/abc123_xyz.zip /pkgs/Incoming/Completed/12_abcxyz.zip /pkgs/Incoming/Completed/qwabcxyz.zip i just need , so that i can copy these files to different directory, abc123_xyz.zip 12_abcxyz.zip qwabcxyz.zip (5 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi I use the below cmd to get the list of files that are modified than <temp> file in the <path> diretory cmd:find <path> -name '*.zip' -type f -newer <temp> -print i am getting all the list of files that are new or modified, with abs path, i want to copy all of these files to a... (3 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a string '<Hi>abc</Hi>" How to print "abc" (6 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, In ksh, am trying to get a substring stuff done. Not sure where the problem is.. can you guys guide me on this... for instance, var1=41, and var2=4175894567, then i want to know whether var2 starts with var1.. var1 and var2 can be of any length.. VAR1=41 VAR2=419068567777... (6 Replies)