File contents:
BEG
Id Job1
Id Stage1
1
EN
Id Job2
Id Stage2
BEG
Id2 Job3
Id Stage4
2
EN
I have to process the data in this between every BEG and EN. so I am trying to restrict the range and inside every range, Is there a way to define another range like below..
The reason is that there are so many lines with same keyword, I just need the very first one.
And also there are many subsets inside BEG and EN (not shown in sample file) so I need to process the lines between these in groups inside every BEG and EN which would be easier if there was a way to recursively define pattern rangers inside awk.
set -A arr a1 a2 a3 a4
# START
ssh -xq $Server1 -l $Username /usr/bin/ksh <<-EOS
integer j=0
for loop in ${arr}
do
printf "array - ${arr}\n"
(( j = j + 1 ))
j=`expr j+1`
done
EOS
# END
=========
this is not giving me correct output.
I... (5 Replies)
I cannot seem to get this text file to format. Its as if the awk statement is being treated as a simple cat command.
I manned awk and it was very confusing. I viewed previous posts on this board and I got the same results as with the
the awk command statement shown here. Please help.
... (6 Replies)
I want to check if a zip code is valid, using a variable that stores the zipcode. I am not sure how I would do this in a script. I know that simply checking for the numerical range of the number will not work, because '1' would be '00001' in zip code format. I know when I am in shell, I can use... (5 Replies)
Trying to sum field #6 when field #2 matches string as follows:
Input data:
2010-09-18-20.24.44.206117 UOWEXEC db2bp DB2XYZ hostname 1
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Hi, I need to create weekly files from daily records stored in individual monthly filenames from 1999-2010. my sample file structure is like the ones below:
daily record stored per month:
199901.xyz, 199902.xyz, 199903.xyz, 199904.xyz ...199912.xyz
records inside 199901.xyz (original data... (4 Replies)
I have been struggling with a script to automate some security related activities. I have it pretty much working, all except the search. I have an input file formatted as such:
216.234.246.158 216.234.246.158 ``
24.249.221.22 24.249.221.200 ``
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Learning, stumbling! My progress in shell scripting is slow. Now I have this doubt:
I have the following file (users.txt):
AU0909,on
AU0309,off
AU0209,on
AU0109,off
And this file (userson.txt)
AU0909
AU0209
AU0109
AU0309
I just want to set those users on userson.txt to "off" in... (14 Replies)
Hi
i am in learning phase of unix
i am able to understand basic of awk but not able to understand Pattern-Specific Actions in awk below is the snippet .
awk '
/ *\$*\. */ { print $1,$2,$3,"*"; }
/ *\$0\. */ { print ; }
' fruit_prices.txthere i am not getting the use of wild card. what... (4 Replies)
hi all,
Say i have a range like 0 - 1000 and i need to split into diffrent files the lines which are within a specific fixed sub-range. I can achieve this manually but is not scalable if the range increase.
E.g
cat file1.txt
Response time 2 ms
Response time 15 ms
Response time 101... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: varu0612
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LEARN ABOUT PLAN9
regex
regex(1F) FMLI Commands regex(1F)NAME
regex - match patterns against a string
SYNOPSIS
regex [-e] [ -v "string"] [ pattern template] ... pattern [template]
DESCRIPTION
The regex command takes a string from the standard input, and a list of pattern / template pairs, and runs regex() to compare the string
against each pattern until there is a match. When a match occurs, regex writes the corresponding template to the standard output and
returns TRUE. The last (or only) pattern does not need a template. If that is the pattern that matches the string, the function simply
returns TRUE. If no match is found, regex returns FALSE.
The argument pattern is a regular expression of the form described in regex(). In most cases, pattern should be enclosed in single quotes
to turn off special meanings of characters. Note that only the final pattern in the list may lack a template.
The argument template may contain the strings $m0 through $m9, which will be expanded to the part of pattern enclosed in ( ... )$0 through
( ... )$9 constructs (see examples below). Note that if you use this feature, you must be sure to enclose template in single quotes so
that FMLI does not expand $m0 through $m9 at parse time. This feature gives regex much of the power of cut(1), paste(1), and grep(1), and
some of the capabilities of sed(1). If there is no template, the default is $m0$m1$m2$m3$m4$m5$m6$m7$m8$m9.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-e Evaluates the corresponding template and writes the result to the standard output.
-v "string" Uses string instead of the standard input to match against patterns.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Cutting letters out of a string
To cut the 4th through 8th letters out of a string (this example will output strin and return TRUE):
`regex -v "my string is nice" '^.{3}(.{5})$0' '$m0'`
Example 2: Validating input in a form
In a form, to validate input to field 5 as an integer:
valid=`regex -v "$F5" '^[0-9]+$'`
Example 3: Translating an environment variable in a form
In a form, to translate an environment variable which contains one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to the letters a, b, c, d, e:
value=`regex -v "$VAR1" 1 a 2 b 3 c 4 d 5 e '.*' 'Error'`
Note the use of the pattern '.*' to mean "anything else".
Example 4: Using backquoted expressions
In the example below, all three lines constitute a single backquoted expression. This expression, by itself, could be put in a menu defini-
tion file. Since backquoted expressions are expanded as they are parsed, and output from a backquoted expression (the cat command, in this
example) becomes part of the definition file being parsed, this expression would read /etc/passwd and make a dynamic menu of all the login
ids on the system.
`cat /etc/passwd | regex '^([^:]*)$0.*$' '
name=$m0
action=`message "$m0 is a user"`'`
DIAGNOSTICS
If none of the patterns match, regex returns FALSE, otherwise TRUE.
NOTES
Patterns and templates must often be enclosed in single quotes to turn off the special meanings of characters. Especially if you use the
$m0 through $m9 variables in the template, since FMLI will expand the variables (usually to "") before regex even sees them.
Single characters in character classes (inside []) must be listed before character ranges, otherwise they will not be recognized. For exam-
ple, [a-zA-Z_/] will not find underscores (_) or slashes (/), but [_/a-zA-Z] will.
The regular expressions accepted by regcmp differ slightly from other utilities (that is, sed, grep, awk, ed, and so forth).
regex with the -e option forces subsequent commands to be ignored. In other words, if a backquoted statement appears as follows:
`regex -e ...; command1; command2`
command1 and command2 would never be executed. However, dividing the expression into two:
`regex -e ...``command1; command2`
would yield the desired result.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO awk(1), cut(1), grep(1), paste(1), sed(1), regcmp(3C), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 12 Jul 1999 regex(1F)