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)
It looks like
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.
I need a way to build variable in this manner:
variable_$i
Inside a for loop i need to create it.
where i goes from 1 to 30..
and then i need to print them on screen with echo $variable_$i
which is the best way to do this? (6 Replies)
Dear All,
I have a file with the syntax below (composed of several <log ..... </log> stanzas)
I need to search this file for a number e.g. 2348022225919, and if it is found in a stanza, copy the whole stanza/section (<log .... </log>) to another output file.
The numbers to search for are... (0 Replies)
Hi, guys. I have one question:
I need to search for a string in a file, and then extract another string from the file and assign it to a variable.
For example:
the contents of the file (group) is below:
...
ftp:x:23:
mail:x:34
...
testing:x:2001
sales:x:2002
development:x:2003
...... (6 Replies)
I tried awk for this, but failed <or my code is not correct? I dont know>. Can anyone help me on this?
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my working file looks like this:
<empty>
<empty>
<empty>
NAME :ABC AGE :15
GENDER... (6 Replies)
Hello All,
How to concatenate a string to a variable in a script
I'm having a file which is consisting of data and i need to extract the first line of the file and append it to a string.
/tmp/samp.list containg 60000
I like to concatenate it with a string (SS_)
grep -w SS_$(head -1... (1 Reply)
hi,
In a given directory, i need to search for a string (eg:ABCD).
For a given file, i have to extract the text between START and END strings .
I need to extract all the text between START and END and there can be multiple START and END in a file.
Sample:
There is a directort... (3 Replies)
Hi guys,
I have a text file named file1.txt that is formatted like this:
001 , ID , 20000
002 , Name , Brandon
003 , Phone_Number , 616-234-1999
004 , SSNumber , 234-23-234
005 , Model , Toyota
007 , Engine ,V8
008 , GPS , OFF
and I have file2.txt formatted like this:
... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I hope somebody would be able to help me.
I would need to search a string coming from a file, example file.txt:
dog
cat
goat
horse
fish
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