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08-13-2014

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Matching and Replacing file lines starting with $

Here is the task that I was presented with:
I am dealing with about a 10,000 line input deck file for an analysis. About 10 separate blocks of around 25 lines of code each need to be updated in the input deck.

The input deck (deckToChange in the code below) comes with 2 separate files. File 1 is just the blocks of code that need to be changed written consecutively (OLDFILE in the code below), and file 2 is the same blocks of code that have already been altered (NEWFILE in the code below)

The same process is going to be repeated with 1000's of input decks making the same changes, so the code needs to repeatable.

Right now, in the code I have written below, all the changes are properly made except for any line that starts with a $. the $ start to lines in the input deck occurs about 3 times per file. With the code below the lines starting with the $ are not updated with changes in the new file. I am wondering if there is anyway I can read in the lines of code from OLDFILE and NEWFILE with the $ being treated as $

Code:

 awk '
        BEGIN {
                   while ((getline name < "OLDFILE") > 0)
                            {
                             getline name2 < "NEWFILE"
                             a[name]=name2
                             }
                   }
        a[$0]   {
                    $0=a[$0]
                    }1
        '  deckToChange >newDeck

This is a rather urgent problem, and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

tiktak292

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panel_below

panel_above(3CURSES)					     Curses Library Functions					      panel_above(3CURSES)

NAME

       panel_above, panel_below - panels deck traversal primitives

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lpanel -lcurses [ library .. ]
       #include <panel.h>

       PANEL *panel_above(PANEL *panel);

       PANEL *panel_below(PANEL *panel);

DESCRIPTION

       panel_above()  returns  a  pointer to the panel just above panel, or NULL if panel is the top panel. panel_below() returns a pointer to the
       panel just below panel, or NULL if panel is the bottom panel.

       If NULL is passed for panel, panel_above() returns a pointer to the bottom panel in the deck, and panel_below() returns a  pointer  to  the
       top panel in the deck.

RETURN VALUES

       NULL is returned if an error occurs.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       curses(3CURSES), panels(3CURSES), attributes(5)

NOTES

       These routines allow traversal of the deck of currently visible panels.

       The header <panel.h> automatically includes the header <curses.h>.

SunOS 5.10							    31 Dec 1996 					      panel_above(3CURSES)

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