1. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a file that contains the following string. connect odemgr/bank123@odsd I am liiking to write a scrupt that will change the par of the string between the "/" and the "@" anyhelp qwould be greatly appriciated. (3 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a data of the form 0.0117843924 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.011036017 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.0103351669 0. 0. 0. 0. 4839.41211 0. 0. 0. 0. 4532.08203 0. 0. 0. 0. I would like to insert a couple of blank lines before the 4839 line, every time it appears. The numbers in the... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am a newbie to shell scripting and to Linux environment as well. In my project I am trying to search for following text from the httpd.conf file <Directory '/somedir/someinnerdir'> AllowOverride All </Directory> and then remove this text and again rewrite the same text. The... (1 Reply)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I've got this xml file <file1> some text here </file1> <file2> some text here </file2> How do I change the text in element file1 to a sentence that I want, defined by variable $sentence. using ksh here. (2 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello guys, I'm trying to replace the word "i.e." for "ie." in Vi but everytime I used the search tool for start looking for it (this is: /i.e.), it finds every word that contains the "i" and "e" word. I tried the following command: :%s/i.e./ie./g However, it doesn't work. Any help... (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, Consider that i have many files that have the below format: file1 900 7777 1000 5 6 23 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 1100 kkkkkkk file2 900 1989 1000 5 3 10 kkkdfdfdffd 1100 kkkkkkk What i would like to do is on every file to search the line that starts with... (4 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Not quite a unix question but problem in a perl command. Taking a chance if someone knows about the error cat 1 a b c d perl -p -e 's/a/b/g' 1 b b c d What is the problem here?? perl -p -i -e 's/a/b/g' 1 Can't remove 1: Text file busy, skipping file. (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all I have data files which contain data as shown below: Line 5: FIDE INST_DESC: DIAM Co Ltd/Japan => MAID Co Ltd/Japan INST_NME: DIAM Co Ltd/Japan => MAID Co Ltd/Japan Line 6: FIDE INST_DESC: DIAM DL/Pimco US Bond Open Born in the USA => MAID DL/Pimco US Bond Open Born in the... (6 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi We have a database export file which needs to be formatted as below InputCreate view ABC1 as Locking ABC1 for Access select * from PQR Create view ABC2 as Locking ABC2 for access select * from PQR Create view ABC3 as Locking ABC3 for Access select * from PQR OutputCreate... (5 Replies)