Hi there
I have a file which has the lines
# Serial number for hostid
EXP_SERIAL_=""
These lines could be anywhere in the file as far as line numbers go, I would like replace these two lines with
# Serial number for hostid $var1
EXP_SERIAL_$var1="$var2"
Is there a quick and simple... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I'm attempting to rename some files that have spaces in them. Without linking sed commands together is it possible to replace the first three "." to " ".
File.name.is.long.ext -> File name is long.ext
I can get the desired effect with
echo "File.name.is.long.ext" | sed 's/\./ /g;s/... (5 Replies)
sed -e "s// /g" old.txt > new.txt
While I do know some control characters need to be escaped, can normal characters also be escaped and still work the same way? Basically I do not know all control characters that have a special meaning, for example, ?, ., % have a meaning and have to be escaped... (11 Replies)
Hi friends,
This is sed & awk type question.
I have a text file which has numbers spread all over the file. I want to sum the series of numbers whenever i find it and produce an output file with the sum. For example
###start of input text file ####
abc
def
ghi
1
2
3
4
kjld
random... (3 Replies)
I need to get notification via email when the line containing a pattern is changed in a file. Not during the time any changes to file occurs. Ie if we reset a user password say example, demouser the hash in the line containing the word demouser in the file /etc/group changes. So when this change... (1 Reply)
Hello All,
can someone please suggest me a one line command to change a specific value that is associated to an entry in the file.
for example
#more schedulefile
quartz.job.manual.bonus.schedule=0 0 9 ? * *
#
it should be changed to
#more schedulefile... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have a text file which is output from a server and it lists all the files in a specific volume. However, the volume name appears as volume_name:.
I would like to replace this with \\volume_name\volume_name. This is not a problem in itself as I can use sed to globally look for the... (8 Replies)
Hey Guys and Gals,
I am having trouble with what I thought shouldn't be hard..
In a script I am working on there is a need to enter a MAC address.
MAC addresses are formatted ;
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
where X can be 0-9, a-f or A-F
So in the sample script the query is something... (4 Replies)
file1
cat
dog
fish
file2
This is a bunch of lines
<!-- INSERT ANIMALS HERE -->
horse
cheetah
post results
file2
This is a bunch of lines
<!-- INSERT ANIMALS HERE -->
cat
dog
fish
horse (1 Reply)
I have the input file like this.
Input file: 12.txt
1) There are one or more than one <tr> tags in same line.
2) Some tr tags may have one <td> or more tna one <td> tags within it.
3) Few <td> tags having "<td> </td>". Few having more than one " " entry in it.
<tr> some td... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: thomasraj87
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surfraw-update-path
SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1)NAME
surfraw-update-path - updates PATH in shell config files
SYNOPSIS
surfraw-update-path [-add] [-remove] [-check] [-sys] [-all] [-help] [-shell=SHELL]
DESCRIPTION
surfraw-update-path adds the surfraw elvi directory (/usr/lib/surfraw) to your PATH in your shell's config file.
Currently it supports bash, sh, csh, tcsh, ash, dash, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es
Don't forget to login again or source your login files for it to take effect.
OPTIONS -check
Checks to see if the surfraw config code is present. This is the default.
-add
Adds the surfraw config code.
-remove
Removes the surfraw config code
-sys
Updates the system-wide shell config instead of the user. Must be done as root.
-shell=SHELL
Selects the shell to configure. Defaults to the value of the $SHELL environment variable.
Currently supported shells are:
sh, ash, bash, dash, csh, tcsh, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es.
-all
Attempts to configure the startup files for all known shells
-help
Gives a usage message
RETURN VALUE -check returns 0 if the surfraw code is present in the file, 1 if it is not found, or 2 on error.
All other options return 0 on success, or 2 on error.
ENVIRONMENT
SHELL
Used to determine which shell to configure, if -shell is not given.
HOME
Used to find users config files.
ENV Used by posix-compliant shells to specify a startup rc file.
ZDOTDIR
Used to find user config files for zsh. If not set, defaults to HOME.
SEE ALSO surfraw(1), sh(1), ash(1), bash(1), dash(1), csh(1), tcsh(1), ksh(1), pdksh(1), zsh(1), rc(1), es(1)AUTHOR
Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net>
perl v5.12.4 2011-07-12 SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1)