I have a colon-separated file which contains names of users, among other details. My aim is to extract the line with the name and assign the name to a variable. A sample file is as follows --
Code:
ID: 123456
DEPARTMENT: xyz
NAME: Bar, Foo
Considering the Tabs between the colon and the next character, I use the following code to extract the name --
Code:
nameVar=`grep -w ^"NAME:" inputFile.txt | awk -F" " '{ for ( i = 2; i++; i <= NF) {print $i} }' | xargs`
This code works fine, unless the name contains a single-quote (say, O'Bar, Foo). In such a case, xargs complains that a quote is missing, and hence, the nameVar remains blank. I tried to overcome it, using the following code --
Code:
nameVar=`grep -w ^"NAME:" inputFile.txt | awk -F" " '{ for ( i = 2; i++; i <= NF) { if ( $i = *\'* ) { i=\"$i\" } { print $i } }' | xargs`
This returns a syntax error message. I'm using a standard KSH shell on a Solaris box.
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can anyone tell me in detail ?
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zgrep
ZGREP(1) General Commands Manual ZGREP(1)NAME
zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
SYNOPSIS
zgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename...
DESCRIPTION
Zgrep invokes grep on compressed or gzipped files. These grep options will cause zgrep to terminate with an error code:
(-[drRzZ]|--di*|--exc*|--inc*|--rec*|--nu*). All other options specified are passed directly to grep. If no file is specified, then the
standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep. Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to grep.
If the GREP environment variable is set, zgrep uses it as the grep program to be invoked.
EXIT CODE
2 - An option that is not supported was specified.
AUTHOR
Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)
SEE ALSO grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1), zmore(1), znew(1)ZGREP(1)