10-28-2011
Search & Replacing text within a file
Hi all!
I'm a newbie and I'm writing a script which will ask a user for data to search. I will then search for this data using grep and displaying this data back to the screen for the user to see. The user will then enter new data to replace the data searched.
Now how do I replace this data within the file? SED, AWK???
grep search results for "JOE S SMITH":
#'s - Indicate spaces
730000146104218006JOE#S#SMITH#########5230 BRUNSWICK LN MACUNGIE
Replace with "TIM KIM":
730000146104218006TIM#KIM#############5230 BRUNSWICK LN MACUNGIE
or
Replace with "JEROMANIA K KALAMAZOO"
730000146104218006JEROMANIA#K#KALAMAZO5230 BRUNSWICK LN MACUNGIE
***** Data for Name starts at position 19 and ends at position 38 of this file. Replacement data CAN NOT go past position 38 ******
Last edited by macastor; 10-28-2011 at 06:43 PM..
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
gnome-search-tool
gnome-search-tool(1) User Commands gnome-search-tool(1)
NAME
gnome-search-tool - search for files
SYNOPSIS
gnome-search-tool [--name=filename] [--path=folder] [--sortby=order] [--descending] [--autostart] [--contains=string] [--user=user]
[--group=group] [--nouser] [--mtimeless=date] [--mtimemore=date] [--sizeless=size] [--sizemore=size] [--empty] [--notnamed=filename]
[--regex=pattern] [--follow] [--allmounts] [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The Search for Files application enables you to search for files on your system. Search for Files uses the find(1) command.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--allmounts Select the 'Search other filesystems' search constraint.
--autostart Automatically start a search.
--contains=strinSelect the 'Contains the text' search constraint and set the text of that entry. Use a full filename or a partial filename
with wildcards. See find(1) for more details about using wildcards.
--descending Set sort order to descending. The default sort order is ascending.
--empty Select the 'File is empty' search constraint.
--follow Select the 'Follow symbolic links' search constraint.
--group=group Select the 'Owned by group' search constraint and set the text of that entry.
--mtimeless=dateSelect the 'Date modified before (days)' search constraint and set the text of that entry.
--mtimemore=dateSelect the 'Date modified after (days)' search constraint and set the text of that entry.
--name=filename Set the text of the 'File is named' entry. Use a full filename or a partial filename with wildcards. See find(1) for more
details about using wildcards.
--notnamed=filenSelect the 'File is not named' search constraint and set the text of that entry. Use a full filename or a partial filename
with wildcards. See find(1) for more details about using wildcards.
--nouser Select the 'Owner is unrecognized' search constraint.
--path=folder Set the text of the 'Look in folder' entry. Defaults to the current working directory.
--regex=pattern Select the 'File matches regular expression' search constraint and set the text of that entry. See find(1) for more details
about the regular expression patterns that can be used.
--sizeless=size Select the 'Size is less than (kilobytes)' search constraint and set the text of that entry.
--sizemore=size Select the 'Size is more than (kilobytes)' search constraint and set the text of that entry.
--sortby=order Sort files by one of the following: name, folder, size, type, or date.
--user=user Select the 'Owned by user' search constraint and set the text of that entry.
gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Performing a basic search automatically
example% gnome-search-tool --name=a.out --path=$HOME --autostart
Example 2: Performing an advanced search automatically
example% gnome-search-tool --contains=unistd.h --mtimeless=3 --sortby=size --autostart
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-search-toExecutable for Search for Files
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-search-tool |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Search for Files Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
find(1), gnome-std-options(5)
NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-search-tool(1)