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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Search for string in a file, extract two another strings and concatenate to a variable Post 302659705 by Corona688 on Thursday 21st of June 2012 10:21:46 AM
Old 06-21-2012
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Originally Posted by garg
Thank you,Corona688! One more question:
I have to change " < file > "to my real file name with path ( /usr/arch/suite.xml )
Naturally you have to give it the real file's location one way or another. The < > must stay, though! That's redirection, not fluff.
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Should I change $$ in /tmp/$$ ?..
Why change it? Does it not work?

$$ is the shell's PID, which I use to pick a unique temporary file. /tmp/ is the location for temporary files.
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I found one more thing, from this thread:_https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/105016-search-string-file-extract-another-string-variable.html (since I don't have permission to publish URLs yet, I posted like that)
Code:
MYVAR=`awk -F'"' '/build/ { print $6 "_" $10 }' suite.xml`
export MYVAR
echo $MYVAR

It looks like
Code:
iway@garg-ln:~/scripts> ./new.sh
30772_6.1.5

Of cause it will work only for specific string
If the order of things changes, it will break down. If it uses ' instead of ", it will break down. If they split the tag across lines, it will break down.
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I still waiting for your advises, your code and idea I like better...
Thank you for your time and consideration!
What advice are you needing? You figured out the one thing you needed to change -- the file location -- yourself. Does it work or not?

If it doesn't work, post the complete script you have including all changes you've made.
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