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Old 02-25-2013
Problem with special characters....

Code:
Code:
grep -i "$line,$opline" COMBO_JUNK|awk -F, '
  {
    C4+=$4
  }
  {
  }
  END {
    print C4
  }
' OFS=,`

when i run this command in the script.... it o/p all the value as 0 if $line contains any special parameters.....

but the same script if i run in command prompt... it shows proper o/p

Code:
Code:
grep -i "ADESH,id2_1_\*,airtel" COMBO_JUNK|awk -F, '
  {
    C4+=$4
  }
  {
  }
  END {
    print C4
  }
' OFS=,

Code:
Code:
here $line is ADESH,id2_1_\*

i have escape the meaninf of * by giving \.

---------- Post updated at 09:52 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:49 AM ----------

Code:
Code:
while read line
do
while read opline
do
var=`grep -i "$line,$opline" COMBO_JUNK|awk -F, '
  {
    C4+=$4
  }
  {
  }
  END {
    print C4
  }
' OFS=,`
if [ "$var" ]
then
echo ",$var" >> hope_$opline
else
var=0
echo ",$var" >> hope_$opline
fi
done<operator.txt
done<pcstates.txt


pcstates.txt

Code:
Code:
ADESH,id1_0
ADESH,id2_1_\*
ADESH,id2_2
ADESH,id2_3
ADESH,id2_5
ADESH,id2_7
ADESH,id3_2_\*
ADESH,id3_3
ADESH,id4_2
ADESH,id4_3
ADESH,id4_4
ADESH,id4_5
ADESH,id4_6
ADESH,id4_7
ADESH,id4_8
ADESH,id4_9
ADESH,id4_10
ADESH,id5_1_\*

operator.txt

Code:
Code:
AIL
AIEL
DOMO
VONE

 

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