Hi all,
I want to remove last n char in every line. I'm having the comment as,
cnt=10
cat filename | rev | cut -c $cnt- | rev
I want to have it with sed or awk or any command except perl. Pls help me in the comment. I have tried few options using sed. But not able to get it.
... (7 Replies)
So, I want to read line-by-line a text file with unknown number of files....
So:
a=1
b=1
while ; do
b=`sed -n '$ap' test`
a=`expr $a + 1`
$here do something with b etc
done
the problem is that sed does not seem to recognise the $a, even when trying
sed -n ' $a p'
So, I cannot read... (3 Replies)
Hi all
Is there a way to read and process a gzip file line by line similar to a text file without using gzcat..
while processing a text file we will usually use the logic
exec<sample.txt
while read line
do
echo $line
done
Is there a similar way to process the gz file in the same... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have a line which has n number of words with separated by space.
I wanted to make each word as a separate line.
for example,
i have a file that has line like
i am a good boy
i want the output like,
i
am
a
good (8 Replies)
Hi All,
I am trying to write a shell script but not getting desired output.
What i am trying to do.
1.I want to use find command command and then use it xargs/exec to append the find output.But i am not getting desired output
here is what i am trying to do
#find init*.ora -exec `echo... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I just upgraded one my server to latest version RHEL, I have many users who will do SSH from another server. I wanted to update all of the users home directory and remove the security key. For example.
/home/XYZ/.ssh/known_hosts and remove this hostsname.
Please see below and advise.... (2 Replies)
Hi, could you please help with the following:
I have an input file like:
one
two
three
four
five
six
I want to print the lines starting from 'three' to the empty line.
Something like that:
if ( line == "three" )
{
while ( !line.empty() )
{
cout <<... (0 Replies)
Hi,
Though I was successful in following query, I like to know the other ways of doing it.
I have a file that is sent as an attachment via mail. However, while opening it, notepad does not recognize new line character whereas other editors like text pad recognizes new line character of unix.... (2 Replies)
hi Gurus,
I need separate a file which is one huge line to multiple lines based on certain number of charactors. for example:
abcdefghi high abaddffdd
I want to separate the line to multiple lines for every 4 charactors.
the result should be
abcd
efgh
i hi
gh a
badd
ffdd
Thanks in... (5 Replies)
A simple question, but i am finding it diffcult to find the answer.
Can you please tell me how i can get the output of two line on one.
I am aware i need to enter \ something, but no sure which charcter, can you advice.
CODE
for i in `cat LDN_HOSTS_190813 | grep -i LDN | awk '{print... (7 Replies)
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