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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Replace character by blank Post 302826425 by weddy on Wednesday 26th of June 2013 02:34:30 PM
Old 06-26-2013
i would suggest to use a "cut" you can use a loop to move the cut N times across the columns check for a value, then loop through the rows in a loop. The use of a nested loops. I have an example of using the cut and nested loops
Code:
for scene in `ls $dirname` 
do  
    if [ ! -d "${scene}" ]; then
        #this means its ...
        block.....Loop #function for single loop
        break  #exits the loops to give the counts
    fi
    currPath="${dirname}/${scene}"
    curFrame=`ls $currPath | wc -l`

    for line in `ls $currPath | cut -d "." -f 2- |sort | uniq`
    do
        count=`find $currPath -name "*.${line}"| wc -l `
        name1=$line #gives my my name per frame
        counttypes  #function "case statement"
    done #end for
    framecount=`expr ${framecount} + ${curFrame} `
done #end for

its may not be expert scripting but I am still learning it. Sorry had to edit some of the names and comments for posting...
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break(1)                                                           User Commands                                                          break(1)

NAME

       break, continue - shell built-in functions to escape from or advance within a controlling while, for, foreach, or until  loop

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       break [n]

       continue [n]

   csh
       break

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   ksh
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       *continue [n]

DESCRIPTION

   sh
       The break utility exits from the enclosing for or while loop, if any. If n is specified, break n levels.

       The continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosing for or while loop. If n is specified, resume at the n-th enclosing loop.

   csh
       The  break  utility  resumes  execution after the end of the nearest enclosing foreach or while loop. The remaining commands on the current
       line are executed. This allows multilevel breaks to be written as a list of break commands, all on one line.

       The continue utility continues execution of the next iteration of the nearest enclosing while or foreach loop.

   ksh
       The break utility exits from the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop, if any. If n is specified,  then  break  n  levels.  If  n  is
       greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be exited.

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SEE ALSO

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