Whats the syntax to find all lines that matches a text and print out specific fields after the match?
ex:
1: some random text
2: Full name: John E. Smith
3: some random text
4: Full name: Mary J. Lue
5: some random text
So I'd like to print out First names or last names or everything... (2 Replies)
I am trying to get a script working that will perform a simple database lookup using the join command.
Here are the two files that I am trying to join:
% cat lookup1.txt
Number_1 Other_data_a
Number_5 Other_data_b
Number_8 Other_data_c
Number_10 Other_data_d
% cat... (2 Replies)
Hello!
I have somo problems with simple scripts like this:
#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Enter your name and press : "
read var_name
echo "Your name is: $var_name"
When I try to run it, this error occurs: ':not a valid identifier var_name.
Why?? (I work in cygiwin)
Is there anybody out... (10 Replies)
for i in `seq 1 10 ` ; do
printf $i '\n';
done
gives me this:
1234567891064mbarch ~ $ (output followed by bash prompt) :(
I've tried so many ways to create a newline at the end. Does anyone have any ideas.. Thanks in advance. Sorry (7 Replies)
Hi,
I'm pretty poor at using UNIX but I'm learning. Please help me with these simple problems! Much appreciated!
1. I've changed my shell from bash to csh but I prefer bash. How do I change back? I've tried using chsh -s but it's not working!
2. I'm trying to download TopCat. I've done... (2 Replies)
Hey all,
so I'm using AWK in a project at work, to generate xml from csv. So far things are going relatively smoothly, but I have one thing I can't figure out.
For every field in each row, I must generate <entry name=KWNamex>Field</entry>
Then I will need to pull data from a second file... (6 Replies)
Hi, this must be a simple but this is my first interaction with shell and awk.
following is a log file needed to parse (2 lines separated by a line break for clarity):
2013-07-27 13:32:09,043 - ERROR - PerformanceUtility - Thread-14 - Performance - 9b348407-4f57-4983-a057-a55669821f68 |... (12 Replies)
MESSAGES(3) libbash messages Library Manual MESSAGES(3)NAME
messages -- libbash library that implements a set of functions to print standard status messages
SYNOPSIS
printOK [indent]
printFAIL [indent]
printNA [indent]
printATTN [indent]
printWAIT [indent]
DESCRIPTION
General
messages is a collection of functions to print standard status messages - those [ OK ] and [FAIL] messages you see during Linux boot process.
The function list:
printOK Prints a standard [ OK ] message (green)
printFAIL Prints a standard [FAIL] message (red)
printNA Prints a standard [ N/A] message (yellow)
printATTN Prints a standard [ATTN] message (yellow)
printWAIT Prints a standard [WAIT] message (yellow)
Detailed interface description follows.
indent
Column to move to before printing.
Default indent is calculated as TTY_WIDTH-10. If current tty width can not be determined (for example, in case of serial console), it
defaults to 80, so default indent is 80-10=10
FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTIONS
printOK [indent]
Prints a standard [ OK ] message (green)
printFAIL [indent]
Prints a standard [FAIL] message (red)
printNA [indent]
Prints a standard [ N/A] message (yellow)
printATTN [indent]
Prints a standard [ATTN] message (yellow)
printWAIT [indent]
Prints a standard [WAIT] message (yellow)
EXAMPLES
Run a program named MyProg, and report it's success or failure:
echo -n 'Running MyProg...'
printWAIT
if MyProg ; then
printOK
else
printFAIL
fi
AUTHORS
Hai Zaar <haizaar@haizaar.com>
Gil Ran <gil@ran4.net>
SEE ALSO ldbash(1), libbash(1)Linux Epoch Linux