No, that's not what I meant. What I described in my first post is all you need to do. There is no need to store the file in an array.
Throw away what you've got. Then, simply set the separator, see if the line matches the pattern, if it does print the fifth field. Then print the entire record.
Regards,
Alister
I am trying to do some thing like this ..
In a file , if pattern found insert new pattern at the begining of the line containing the pattern.
example:
in a file I have this.
gtrow0unit1/gctunit_crrownorth_stage5_outnet_feedthru_pin
if i find feedthru_pin want to insert !! at the... (7 Replies)
I am trying to pull certain pieces of data out of a line of a file that matches a certain pattern:
The three pieces that I want to pull out of this line are the only occurrences of that pattern within the line, but the rest of the line is not consistent in each file. Basically the line is... (3 Replies)
I have the following text format in a file which lists the question first and then 5 choices
after that the explanantion and finally the answer.
1.The amount of time it takes for most of a worker’s occupational knowledge and skills to become
obsolete has been declining because of the... (2 Replies)
Hi Experts,
Help needed on joining one line above & below to the pattern matched string line.
The input file, required output is mentioned below
Input file
ABCD DEFG5 42.0.1-63.38.31
KKKK iokl IP Connection Available
ABCD DEFG5 42.0.1-63.38.31
... (7 Replies)
Hi All,
I am stuck for quite sometime now. Below is a line in my file -
GS|ED|001075|001081|20110626|1806|100803|X|004010ST|130|100803001
This line occurs only once and it is the second line.
I have to break this line into two lines from ST (bold) such that it looks like -... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am getting crazy after days on looking at it:
Bash in Ubuntu 12.04.1
I want to do this:
pattern="system /path1/file1 file1"
new_pattern=" data /path2/file2 file2"
file to edit: data.db
- I need to search in the file data.db for the nth occurrence of pattern
- pattern must... (14 Replies)
Hi,
I have two files file1.txt and file2.txt. Please see the attachments.
In file2.txt (which actually is a diff output between two versions of file1.txt.), I extract the pattern corresponding to 1172c1172. Now ,In file1.txt I have to search for this pattern 1172c1172 and if found, I have to... (9 Replies)
Hello Friends,
I need to print lines in between two string when a keyword existed in those lines (keywords like exception, error, failed, not started etc).
for example,
input:
..
Begin Edr
ab12
ac13
ad14
bc23
exception occured
bd24
cd34
dd44
ee55
ff66
End Edr (2 Replies)
Hi I want to print the line until pattern is matched.
I am using below code:
sed -n '1,/pattern / p' file
It is working fine for me , but its not working for exact match.
sed -n '1,/^LAC$/ p' file
Input:
LACC FEGHRA 0
LACC FACAF 0
LACC DARA 0
LACC TALAC 0
LAC ILACTC 0... (8 Replies)
Hello,
I have below format log file,
Comparing csv_converted_files/2201/9747.1012H67126.5077292103609547345.csv and csv_converted_files/22019/97447.1012H67126.5077292103609547345.csv
Comparing csv_converted_files/2559/9447.1012H67126.5077292103609547345.csv and... (6 Replies)