I was trying to grep a variable with one space in my file:
questionlabel=Q1
more job.tex
Q1 pear
Q1A applie
grep -i "$questionlabel\ " job.tex > tmp
But I keep getting :
Q1 and Q1A both in my tmp
Thanks!!!! (4 Replies)
I have a flat file and need to count no of records in the file less the header and the trailer record.
I would appreciate any and all asistance
Thanks
Hadi Lalani (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have the calculations which return me infinity (inf), -inf, other very larger number when I printed them out.
I did try to insert some control condition not to print these out if the above condition is met. The code I implemented is something like:-
for (i=0;i<=1000;i++){
... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I have two files say file1 and file2.
I want to check the number of records in file1 and if its atleast 2 (i.e., 2 or greater than 2 ) then I have to check records in file2 .If records in file2 is atleast 1 (i.e. if its not empty ) i have to set some conditions .
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I would like to replace one of our script, and add some pre-checking for the input file before running the command, but I bumped into the following issue:
Original command: use < input.txt
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Hi everyone.
I am a newbie to Linux stuff. I have this kind of problem which couldn't solve alone. I have a text file with records separated by empty lines like this:
ID: 20
Name: X
Age: 19
ID: 21
Name: Z
ID: 22
Email: xxx@yahoo.com
Name: Y
Age: 19
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Could any one help me to compare the date value say at 10th column with sysdate (i.e current date) and if diffrence is more than 50 days then filter them out from the file. The file contain 10000 records.
head file
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Hi,
I am trying to create a text file from data retrieved from a query.The data retrieved is having this character '^L' at regular intervals of the data.
How can i eliminate this, Please find below the sample data.
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^LCODE*SERIAL... (11 Replies)
Hi I am new to shell programming in unix
Please if I can provide help.
I have a file structure of a header record and "N" detail records.
The header record will be the total number of detail records
I need to split the file in 2:
One for the header
Another for all detail records
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recsel
RECSEL(1) User Commands RECSEL(1)NAME
recsel - print records from a recfile
SYNOPSIS
recsel [OPTION]... [-t TYPE] [-n INDEXES | -e RECORD_EXPR | -q EXPR | -m NUM] [-c | (-p|-P) FIELD_EXPR] [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Select and print rec data.
-d, --include-descriptors
print record descriptors along with the matched records.
-C, --collapse
do not section the result in records with newlines.
-S, --sort=FIELD
sort the output by the specified field.
-U, --uniq
remove duplicated fields in the output records.
-s, --password=STR
decrypt confidential fields with the given password.
--help print a help message and exit.
--version
show version and exit.
Record selection options:
-i, --case-insensitive
make strings case-insensitive in selection expressions.
-t, --type=TYPE
operate on records of the specified type only.
-e, --expression=EXPR
selection expression.
-q, --quick=STR
select records with fields containing a string.
-n, --number=NUM,...
select specific records by position, with ranges.
-R, --random=NUM
select a given number of random records.
Output options:
-p, --print=FIELDS
comma-separated list of fields to print for each matching record.
-P, --print-values=FIELDS
as -p, but print only the values of the selected fields.
-R, --print-row=FIELDS
as -P, but separate the values with spaces instead of newlines.
-c, --count
print a count of the matching records instead of the records themselves.
Special options:
--print-sexps
print the data in sexps instead of rec format.
AUTHOR
Written by Jose E. Marchesi.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
GNU recutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Jose E. Marchesi. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for recsel is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and recsel programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info recsel
should give you access to the complete manual.
recsel 1.4.93 January 2012 RECSEL(1)