1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have an one-line file consisting of a sequence of 660 letters. I would like to extract 9-letter blocks iteratively: ASDFGHJKLQWERTYUIOPZXCVBNM first block: ASDFGHJKL 1nd block: SDFGHJKLQ What I have so far only gives me the first block, can anyone please explain why? cat... (7 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have file which contains information written in blocks (every block is different). Is it possible to read every block one by one to another file (one block per file). The input is something like this <block1> <empty line> <block2> <empty line> ... ... ... <block25> <empty... (0 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a file like the one below. Each record is separated with > In between I have lines consisting of 3 numeric values separated by a space. I need to take each block between the > sign and read the first number in the line. Then take the first after the > sign and the last before the >... (7 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I am trying to create a shell script that use command block (don´t really know if this is the correct way to say it), but while one version works fine, the other one is not working at all. So let me show an example of this "command block" I´m using and its working ok: cat << _EOF_ `echo... (7 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I'm Unix. I'm looking at "df" on Unix now and below is an example. It's lists the filesystems out in 512-blocks, I need this in 4k blocks. Is there a way to do this in Unix or do I manually convert and how? So for container 1 there is 7,340,032 in size in 512-blocks. What would the 4k block be... (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I have a file like this: FILE.TXT: (define argc :: int) (assert ( > argc 1)) (assert ( = argc 1)) <check> # (define c :: float) (assert ( > c 0)) (assert ( = c 0)) <check> # now, i want to separate each block('#' is the delimeter), make them separate files, and then send them as... (5 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have 2 duplicate blocks in an inode and I want to get rid of one of them so that I can get into my pc. The message I get is Multiply-claimed block(s) in inode 5997500: 12690101 12690101. All help is appreciated. Thanks (7 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello to all in forum, I have a big file with blocks of data. Each block begins with "BeginOfRecord".... (17 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

please help, I have a huge file with blocks of data which I need to convert to a tabular format. Input sample id: GO:0000017 name: alpha-glucoside transport namespace: biological_process def: "The directed movement of alpha-glucosides into, out of or within a cell, or between... (3 Replies)