12-30-2011
i dont want to input any file to the command... the lines will be stored in a variable say $line11 i want to modify it then and there itself.. or modify it and store it in another variable
---------- Post updated at 03:22 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:18 PM ----------
thanks shiva_shankar.. your code works for me :-)
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I wanted to cut a specific portion from given string. How would I do that?
Example:
/u09/core/inbound/abc.txt is my string.
I want abc.txt in a variable.
Please help me.
Regards,
Dhaval (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dhaval_khamar
3 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
My file looks like
abc$%sdfhs$%sdf$%sdfaf$%
here as seen delimiter is $%...now how cas i take out second field as cut command expect delimiter as single charecter only.....is there is any other way
thanks and regards
mahabunta (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: mahabunta
9 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a 30 column tab delimited record file. I need to extract the first 10column. The following command to cut was not working
cut -f 1-10 -d "\t" filename.
Could any one keep on this .
Thanks in Advance (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: vinod.thayil
4 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
In the below line
a|b|10065353|tefe|rhraqs|135364|5347575
dgd|rg|4333|fhra|grhrt|46423|urdsgd
Here i want to cut the characters in between the second and third pipe delimiter and then between fifth and sixth delimiter and retain the rest of the line.
My output should be
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ragavhere
3 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
So, I want to read line-by-line a text file with unknown number of files....
So:
a=1
b=1
while ; do
b=`sed -n '$ap' test`
a=`expr $a + 1`
$here do something with b etc
done
the problem is that sed does not seem to recognise the $a, even when trying
sed -n ' $a p'
So, I cannot read... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: hakermania
3 Replies
6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I am having a file with the delimiter '|^'.
File name:test_dlim.csv
I want to cut the first field of this using awk command.
I tried with the help of the following link:... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: boopathyvasagam
2 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all
I'm using bourne shell and need to figure out how to cut out a specific portion of some output. For example, my output from my command is:
12.12.52.125.in-addr.arpa name = hostname.domain.main.gov
I need to get just the "hostname.domain.main.gov" part. What I'm trying... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: lee.n.doan
9 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a tab-delimited txt file as below. It is part of the original file.
I want to cut the lines starting with "3" in column1 and paste them before the lines starting with "1" in column 1. So I will get
Anyone knows any simple shell scripts to do that? The original file is... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cliffyiu
5 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
I have a set of files in a folder which i need to cut in to two parts....
Sample files
touch AE_JUNFOR_2014_MTD_2013-05-30-03-30-02.TXT
touch AE_JUNFOR_2014_YTD_2013-05-30-03-30-02.TXT
touch temp_AE_JUNFOR_2014_MTD_2013-05-30-03-30-02.TXT
touch... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: chillblue
4 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a string with , delimiter
america,finland,netherlands
Now i want these values to be stored in file as below with newline character at end of each value
america
finland
netherlands
Regards
Prasad (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: krishna_gnv
3 Replies
LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
shanty
SHANTY(1) Shanty SHANTY(1)
NAME
Shanty - Makes a PostScript file from an image and some text.
SYNOPSIS
shanty -i image_file [-t text_file] [-o output_file] [-s paper_size] [-d density] [-m margin] [-b background_color] [-x padding] [-n title]
[-l orientation] [-rtl] [-btt] [-f font_name] [-altgd]
DESCRIPTION
Shanty takes a text file and an image (PNG or JPG) and creates a PostScript file where one pixel in the image becomes one character in the
PostScript.
OPTIONS
-i, -image
Name of the image to load in. JPG and PNG images are supported. This is the only compulsory field.
-t, -text Name of the text file to load in, if omitted STDIN is used.
-o, -output
Name of the PostScript file to produce, if omitted STDOUT is used.
-s, -size Size of the paper to work with. This field should be one of: "a0", "a2", "a3", "a4", "a5", "a6", "letter", "broadsheet",
"ledger", "tabloid", "legal", "executive" and "36x36". Default is "a4".
-d, -density
Density of the text. Higher numbers are more dense, default is 1.4.
-m, -margin
The margins of the page in cm. Default is 1.
-b, -background
The colour of a backing rectangle to place behind the text. Colours are specified as "R,G,B" with each value between 0 and 255.
"off" means no backing colour. Default is "off".
-x, -p, -padding
Density of the text. Higher numbers are more dense, default is 1.4.
-n, -title
The title of the output to write as meta-data in the PostScript file. Default is "Shanty output".
-l, -orientation
The orientation of the paper, can be "portrait", "landscape" or "auto". Default is "auto".
-rtl Switch to right-to-left text.
-btt Switch to bottom-to-top text.
-f, -font Specify font. The font name specified must be visible to the not just make a font magically appear. Default is "Courier-Bold".
-altgd If you have problems loading the GD library, try this switch.
HOMEPAGE
<http://www.codebunny.org/coding/shanty/>
AUTHOR
Duncan Martin <duncan@codebunny.org>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many thanks to DFB <http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~dfb/> and contributors to comp.lang.postscript.
Duncan Martin 6 October 2006 SHANTY(1)