Hi
I have a pipe-delimited file where I eventually need to replace a string stored on the 3th field on a specific record.
This is how the file looks like:
A|Mike|Lvl 1|...
B|...
A|Maria|Lvl 1|...
C|...
B|...
A|Jimmy|Lvl 2|...
C|...
A|Carry|Lvl 0|...
C|...
B|...
A|John|Lvl 8|...... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I have data in a file something like this -
UNB+UNOA:1+006415160:1+AR0000012360:ZZ+080701:0552+2++DELFOR++++T'UNH+2+DELFOR:D:97A:UN
Here, the delimiters used are + , : and ' . I have a set of such files in which these delimiters vary from one file to another.
I am developing a... (4 Replies)
Hello,
this thread is more about scripting style than a specific issue.
I've to grep from a output some lines and from them obtain a specific entry delimited by < and >.
This is my way :
1) grep -i user list | awk '{FS="<";print $NF}' | sed -e 's/>//g'
2) grep -i user list | cut -d","... (10 Replies)
I'm trying to do a split using two delimiters. The first delimiter is ": " (or we could call it :\s). The second is "\n".
How can or these delimiters so I can toss the values into an array without issue?
I tried @array = split /:\s|\n/, $myvar;
This doesn't seem to be working.
Any an... (3 Replies)
Line from input file
a : b : c " d " e " f : g : h " i " j " k " l
output
k b a
Its taking 7th word when " is the delimiter, 2nd and 1st word when : is the delimiter and returning all in one line.... I am on solaris
Thanks..... (1 Reply)
Hello
I have a csv file which I need to insert addtional commas into. The csv is of the format
field1,field2,field3,field4,...etc...,field13,field14
I need to add extra commas in each record so that the final output looks like
... (1 Reply)
I have a file which is separated by delimiter "|", but the prob is one of my column do contain delimiter as description so how can i differentiate it?
PS : the delmiter does have backslash coming before it, if occurring in column
Annual|Beleagured|Desc|Denver... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: nikhil jain
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shtool-subst
SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
[-e|--exec cmd] [-f|--file cmd-file] [file] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
-s, --stealth
Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
-e, --exec cmd
Specify sed(1) command directly.
-f, --file cmd-file
Read sed(1) command from file.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool subst -i -e 's;(c) ([0-9]*)-2000;(c) 1-2001;' *.[ch]
# RPM spec-file
%install
shtool subst -v -n
-e 's;^(prefix=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix};g'
-e 's;^(sysconfdir=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/etc;g'
`find . -name Makefile -print`
make install
HISTORY
The GNU shtool subst command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 2001 for GNU shtool. It was prompted
by the need to have a uniform and convenient patching frontend to sed(1) operations in the OpenPKG package specifications.
SEE ALSO shtool(1), sed(1).
18-Jul-2008 shtool 2.0.8 SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)