Sponsored Content
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Highlighting specific column in cat/grep Post 302940232 by RudiC on Thursday 2nd of April 2015 09:16:02 AM
Old 04-02-2015
Please be aware that color etc. are terminal attributes visible only if printed to the screen and if the terminal/emulator supports them. They can spoil the data in the text file. Try
Code:
awk -F\* '{$COL="\033[31;1m" $COL "\033[0m"} 1' OFS=\* COL=30 file

(c.f. man console_codes)
 

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

grep/cat/more -- search in a txt file and display content from a specific "keyword"

Hi, I have a .txt file Sample: ===================== NEXT HOST ===================== AEADBAS001 ip access-list extended BLA_Incoming_Filter ip access-list extended BLA_Outgoing_Filter access-list 1 permit xxxxxxxxxxxxxx access-list 2 permit xxxxxxxxxxxxxx =====================... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: I-1
4 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

color highlighting with 'more','grep' and 'vi'

Hi all, i would to find out how can i turn on color hightlighting with the 'more' command. When i view a big file, i tend to use the 'more' command and i would search for a interested string with the '/' command. Something the search returns more than 1 line found on the screen, how can i... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: new2ss
0 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

grep and cat based on specific mod date

I'm trying to figure out how to open and copy all contents of files last modded on aug 14 to one single text file. Also, I'm trying to do this in one command string. I have ls -l -R | grep "Aug 1" but all this does is print the -l info with Aug 1 in it. how can I modify this so that ls... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mmixology
3 Replies

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Grep from specific column in one file based on another file [Please help!]

Hey Guys, to keep it simple, I have an idFile: 1006006 1006008 1006011 1007002 ...... and famFile: 1006 1006001 1006016 1006017 1 1006 1006006 1006016 1006017 1 1006 1006007 0 0 2 1006 1006008 1006007 1006006 2 1006 1006010 1006016 1006017 2 1006 1006011 1006016 1006017 1 1006... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Zoho
2 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Grep only specific lines ordered by column/date

Hi everybody, I'd like to think I've been through the search tool not only on this site, but also on google too, but I haven't been able to find what I was looking for. If I might've missed something on this forum, please slap me in the face with a link that you consider useful for my query :D ... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: dilibau
4 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to grep an empty line in a specific column of a file?

Suppose i have the following data : cat file.txt 12431,123334,55353,546646,14342234,4646,35234 123123,3535,123434,132535,1234134,13535,123534 123213,545465,23434,45646,2342345,4656,31243 2355425,2134324,53425,342,35235,23434,234535 3423424,234234,65465,,2344,35436,234524,234... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Ravi Tej
7 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Grep on a value in a specific column

I need to grep all records from a file that has 1072 in 3rd column. 1072 can be prefixed by "SBC.", "CLS." or "DPT.". My search is just based on string 1072 in 3rd column. Delimiter in the file is tab. For example: Input FIle: "InvType" "Organization" "SBC.10720101" "CP.BUP.NY" "InvType"... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: yale_work
4 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Overwrite specific column in xml file with the specific column from adjacent line

I have an xml file dumped from rrd file, that I want to "patch" so the xml file doesn't contain any blank hole in the resulting graph of the rrd file. Here is the file. <!-- 2015-10-12 14:00:00 WIB / 1444633200 --> <row><v> 4.0419731265e+07 </v><v> 4.5045912770e+06... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rk4k
2 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Can grep a specific column?

Hello All I have an input file with data below. I would like to grep and display the data where 3rd column contains string or at least one character. Kindly please help me with this! Input: tjfa3|zznpou|224fdd.34.ff3.35 |Tiv|Otj|1 fgduul7|zznikj| ... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: DoveLu
7 Replies
DICT_LOOKUP(1)															    DICT_LOOKUP(1)

NAME
dict_lookup - DICT Protocol Client SYNOPSIS
dict_lookuop [options] DESCRIPTION
dict_lookup reads X selection, then open terminal emulator and run dict client in it allowing user to view content using pager. It makes sense to configure launching dict_lookup on a keyboard shortcut in the window manager. OPTIONS
-h display help message. -x x X coordinate of terminal emulator. -x Y Y coordinate of terminal emulator. -s WxH width and height of terminal emulator separated by 'x'. -q query query, if it is specified, X selection is not read. ENVIRONMENT
dict_lookup recognizes the following environment variables. The default value is specified in square brackets. D_AWK_PROG AWK interpreter to use. [awk] D_XCLIP_PROG xclip application. [xclip] D_XTERM_PROG xterm or equivalent terminal emulator. [xterm] D_UTF8_LOCALE UTF-8 locale. [first available UTF-8 locale on system] D_DICT_PROG Dictionary client program. [dict] D_DICT_SERVER Option for dictionary client specifying the server. [-h dict.org] D_DICT_PORT Option for dictionary client specifying the port. [-p 2628] D_DICT_DB_OPT Option for dictionary client specifying the database. [-d foldoc] D_XTERM_CLASS Option for terminal emulator specifying the class. [-class XTerm] D_XTERM_NAME Option for terminal emulator specifying the name. [-name xterm_dict] D_XTERM_TITLE Option for terminal emulator specifying the title. [-title dict_lookup] D_TEXT_WIDTH Program calculating text width for given text. [cyrillic_text_width] cyrillic_text_width doesn't work correctly for Japanese, Korean, Chinese and some other languages. D_TERM_X Terminal emulator X coordinate. [+200] D_TERM_Y Terminal emulator Y coordinate. [+200] D_TERM_H Terminal emulator height. [+40] D_PAGER Pager. [less -R] SEE ALSO
dict(1), less(1), xterm(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org, RFC 2229 9 January 2011 DICT_LOOKUP(1)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:49 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy