I have a file that is a parsed together from several other files. Each line has a unique identifier that establishes which file it came from:
So, for each of these UID's I want to grab some value (value1). Once I find that value there are 3 potential outcomes I can obtain depending on particular Strings I find which succeed the original value:
So, when I find xyzstring as "stringwith+'|'+'50'chars" I want to append certain text to a csv file, similarly with "anotherString", giving me the following shell script:
I am fairly new to scripting and would be open to any suggestions.
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Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-15-2012 at 11:19 AM..
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