1. Not sure what your original code was before you edited it as your updated code is identical.
2. There is a space in the first position of each line on your input file so the condition ^> will not find any lines.
3. What is the requirement as to why you need to use substr as your solution appears to work with a slight modification?
4. Based on your input and output files, length>=7 should be length>7 in your solution after removing the spaces in first position of each line.
What is the more efficient way to do this (awk only and default FS) ?
$ echo "jefe@alm"|awk '{pos = index($0, "@");printf ("USER: %s\n",substr ($0,1,pos-1))}'
USER: jefe
Thx in advance (2 Replies)
Hi,
My input file is
41;2;xxxx;yyyyy....
41;2;xxxx;yyyyy....
41;2;xxxx;yyyyy....
..
..
I need to change the second field value from 2 to 1. i.e.,
41;1;xxxx;yyyyy....
41;1;xxxx;yyyyy....
41;1;xxxx;yyyyy....
..
..
Thanks in advance. (9 Replies)
Hi,
I have a long string like,
aabab|bcbcbcbbc|defgh|paswd123 dedededede|efef|ghijklmn|paswd234 ghghghghgh|ijijii|klllkkk|paswd345 lmlmlmmm|nononononn|opopopopp|paswd456
This string is devided into one space between substrings. This substrings are,
aabab|bcbcbcbbc|defgh|paswd123... (6 Replies)
Hi I am trying to run this command in ksh ...its not working
$line="123356572867116w1671716"
actual_length = 16
cut_line=`awk 'BEGIN{print substr(ARGV,1,actual_length)}' "$line"`
the substr is not giving me an output
how can i make it done
can anyone hwlp me on this
cut_line=`awk... (2 Replies)
Hi, i'm a newbie and i don't know unix...
I'm a dba oracle.
I need to cat the content of a file like this:
> ps -eaf|grep pmon
oracle 221422 1 0 Sep 17 - 7:20 ora_pmon_ORCL
oracle 405626 1 0 Sep 17 - 8:39 ora_pmon_ORCL1
oracle 491534 1 0 ... (3 Replies)
Hello life savers!!
Is there any way to use substr in awk command for returning one part of a string from declared start and stop point?
I mean I know we have this:
substr(string, start, length)
Do we have anything like possible to use in awk ? :
substr(string, start, stop)
... (9 Replies)
I have a command like this:
listdb ID923 -l |gawk '{if (substr($0,37,1)==1 && NR == 3)print "YES" else if (substr ($0,37,1)==0 && NR == 3) print "NO"}'
This syntax doesn't work. But I was able to get this to work:
listdb ID923 -l |gawk '{if (substr($0,37,1)==1 && NR == 3)print "YES"}'
... (4 Replies)
Hi,
- In a file test.wmi
Col1 | firstName | lastName
4003 | toto_titi_CT- | otot_itit
- I want to have only ( colones $7,$13 and $15) with code 4003 and 4002. for colone $13 I want to have the whole name untill _CT- or _GC-
1- I used the command egrep with awk
#egrep -i... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: georg2014
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
substr
SUBSTR(3) 1 SUBSTR(3)substr - Return part of a stringSYNOPSIS
string substr (string $string, int $start, [int $length])
DESCRIPTION
Returns the portion of $string specified by the $start and $length parameters.
PARAMETERS
o $string
- The input string. Must be one character or longer.
o $start
- If $start is non-negative, the returned string will start at the $start'th position in $string, counting from zero. For
instance, in the string ' abcdef', the character at position 0 is ' a', the character at position 2 is ' c', and so forth. If
$start is negative, the returned string will start at the $start'th character from the end of $string. If $string is less than or
equal to $start characters long, FALSE will be returned.
Example #1
Using a negative $start
<?php
$rest = substr("abcdef", -1); // returns "f"
$rest = substr("abcdef", -2); // returns "ef"
$rest = substr("abcdef", -3, 1); // returns "d"
?>
o $length
- If $length is given and is positive, the string returned will contain at most $length characters beginning from $start (depend-
ing on the length of $string). If $length is given and is negative, then that many characters will be omitted from the end of
$string (after the start position has been calculated when a $start is negative). If $start denotes the position of this trunca-
tion or beyond, false will be returned. If $length is given and is 0, FALSE or NULL, an empty string will be returned. If
$length is omitted, the substring starting from $start until the end of the string will be returned.
Example #2
Using a negative $length
<?php
$rest = substr("abcdef", 0, -1); // returns "abcde"
$rest = substr("abcdef", 2, -1); // returns "cde"
$rest = substr("abcdef", 4, -4); // returns false
$rest = substr("abcdef", -3, -1); // returns "de"
?>
RETURN VALUES
Returns the extracted part of $string; or FALSE on failure, or an empty string.
CHANGELOG
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+
|5.2.2 - 5.2.6 | |
| | |
| | If the $start parameter indicates the position |
| | of a negative truncation or beyond, false is |
| | returned. Other versions get the string from |
| | start. |
| | |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #3
Basic substr(3) usage
<?php
echo substr('abcdef', 1); // bcdef
echo substr('abcdef', 1, 3); // bcd
echo substr('abcdef', 0, 4); // abcd
echo substr('abcdef', 0, 8); // abcdef
echo substr('abcdef', -1, 1); // f
// Accessing single characters in a string
// can also be achieved using "square brackets"
$string = 'abcdef';
echo $string[0]; // a
echo $string[3]; // d
echo $string[strlen($string)-1]; // f
?>
Example #4
substr(3) casting behaviour
<?php
class apple {
public function __toString() {
return "green";
}
}
echo "1) ".var_export(substr("pear", 0, 2), true).PHP_EOL;
echo "2) ".var_export(substr(54321, 0, 2), true).PHP_EOL;
echo "3) ".var_export(substr(new apple(), 0, 2), true).PHP_EOL;
echo "4) ".var_export(substr(true, 0, 1), true).PHP_EOL;
echo "5) ".var_export(substr(false, 0, 1), true).PHP_EOL;
echo "6) ".var_export(substr("", 0, 1), true).PHP_EOL;
echo "7) ".var_export(substr(1.2e3, 0, 4), true).PHP_EOL;
?>
The above example will output:
1) 'pe'
2) '54'
3) 'gr'
4) '1'
5) false
6) false
7) '1200'
ERRORS /EXCEPTIONS
Returns FALSE on error.
Example #5
<?php
var_dump(substr('a', 1)); // bool(false)
?>
SEE ALSO strrchr(3), substr_replace(3), preg_match(3), trim(3), mb_substr(3), wordwrap(3), String access and modification by character.
PHP Documentation Group SUBSTR(3)