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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Multiplying lines of file that contain certain letter by value Post 302940494 by newbie2010 on Monday 6th of April 2015 01:16:43 PM
Old 04-06-2015
Multiplying lines of file that contain certain letter by value
I am trying to remove the last letter in a file and then multiply each line (which contained this letter) by 500. This is what I have:

Code:
1499998A
1222222A
1325804A
1254556
     1235
     9998
      777

Code:
cat /tmp/listzz |gawk '{print $4}'|gawk  '{gsub(/[A]/, ""); print }

 This removes the A but then I can not multiply the lines that had the A with 500.

I was able to pass the file through a variable - var

Code:
if [[ "$var" =~ A ]]; then echo "found it";else echo "no";fi

and it will find the A, but I am not sure how to multiply the lines that had the A by 500. I don't want any of the other lines multiplied.

Does someone have a suggestion?

This is what I need:
1. find lines with A and delete the A - which is always at the end of file
2. then multiply those lines only by 500
3. The rest of the lines that don't contain the A should not be multiplied.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-06-2015 at 02:21 PM.. Reason: Additional code tags for data sample
 

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locale::codes::langfam

Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			       Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::LangFam - standard codes for language extension identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Codes::LangFam;

	  $lext = code2langfam('apa');		       # $lext gets 'Apache languages'
	  $code = langfam2code('Apache languages');    # $code gets 'apa'

	  @codes   = all_langfam_codes();
	  @names   = all_langfam_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::LangFam" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language families, such as those as defined in
       ISO 639-5.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 639-5
       language family codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language families. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a
       constant that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $lext = code2langfam('apa','alpha');
	  $lext = code2langfam('apa',LOCALE_LANGFAM_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha
	   This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 639-5 such as 'apa' for Apache languages.

	   This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

       code2langfam ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       langfam2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       langfam_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_langfam_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_langfam_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-5/id.php
	   ISO 639-5 .

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.18.2							    2013-11-04					       Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)
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