Additionally, after XYZ, one would need to test for blanks or end of line.
(Yes, I am aware that what follows is a nitpick. )
The standard doesn't specify space and tabs but blank characters (which as far as I know is always space and tab regardless of locale, but who knows), so it might be better to use the [:blank:] character class instead of a bracket expression with hardcodes a space and tab.
Hello..
i want to use variable in sed..
like
sed 's/ROOTMAILID/$variable/g' conf.test
but its not working..
please help
thanks in advance
esham (2 Replies)
hi all,
i have a variable exported as
VAR=ATTRIB
then tried with,
echo "tt" | sed 's/^/$VAR/'
expected result as
ttATTRIB
but obtained only,
$VARtt
i could nt get where i am wrong.
Thanks. (3 Replies)
On the below "IF" i test if the user have put the first argument.
I also would like to test if the user have written a second argument.
So, my doubt is:
- How can i evaluate 2 conditions on a if statement? How is the OR created?
- How can i to verify if the second argument is non... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I have a script called sam.sh which consists of a single echo statement like this
#/usr/bin/ksh
echo "Mani"
I changed the mode for the script by giving chmod a+x sam.sh.
If I want to execute the scrpt by just giving the name at the command line "sam.sh", what should I necessarily do?... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
Today I was just fooling around with directories and faced this. I create a directory 'testdir' and create a file 'myfile' inside it.
gandalf@gondor:~$ mkdir testdir
gandalf@gondor:~$ cd testdir
gandalf@gondor:~/testdir$ touch myfile
Then I set the following permissions for the... (7 Replies)
Hi Friends!!
I want to add a / at the end of a number. for example i have CQ65758 /, in this case i want to shift that backspace one space to the left so the my result becomes CQ65758/.
How can i do that with sed.
Thanks
Adi (3 Replies)
hi,
I am new script learner,
so my basic doubt is ,
how to store value of any command in a variable example
$ ls | wc -l
i want to stote the output of this in a variable c.
so that i can use c in if else loop.
and when do we use " ` " symbol in script..
can anyone also tell for... (5 Replies)
Hi,
i need find and replace a sting with a new variable having value as spaces in between.
Eg:
set a = "i am variable"
set b = "i am second"
sed -e 's/find_string/'$a'/g' -e 's/find2_str/'$b'/g' input_file
here it is giving error...
How to get an varaible, which is... (6 Replies)
Hi All
Can some one explain what does the given two sed commands do :confused:
sed "s/\'/\\\'/g" |
sed 's/\"/\\\"/g'
Please find the sample code i used to find out what this is doing , but it has confused me more :wall:
$ cat sri1.txt
\
'
"
$ sed 's/\"/\\\"/g' sri1.txt
\
'... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I'm new to this and very much interested to learn unix.
Can any one explain me the symbols y we use this is scripting(~ and $).
It would be great if some one explain with the eg.
Thanks
Naveen A (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Pranaveen
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
isblank
ISBLANK(3) BSD Library Functions Manual ISBLANK(3)NAME
isblank -- blank-space character test
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h>
int
isblank(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The isblank() function tests for the standard blank-space characters. The standard blank-space characters are the following:
' ' Space character.
Horizontal tab.
In the ``C'' locale, isblank() returns true only for the standard blank-space characters.
RETURN VALUES
The isblank() function returns zero if the character tests false and returns non-zero if the character tests true.
SEE ALSO ctype(3), isalnum(3), isalpha(3), isascii(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), isgraph(3), islower(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isspace(3), isupper(3),
isxdigit(3), stdio(3), toascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7)CAVEATS
The argument to isblank() must be EOF or representable as an unsigned char; otherwise, the behavior is undefined. See the CAVEATS section of
ctype(3) for more details.
BSD April 17, 2008 BSD