Is there a way how I can read more than one variable. For example I need to read 2 variables and populate the output as shown below
Yes, there is. But in fact there is a better (and MUCH better readable) way to accomplish this if you use arrays - a feature almost every modern shell offers:
${#arrayname[@]} is an automatically maintained integer giving the number of elements in the array arrayname.
I have a script which selects two 'sets' of system LVM device files from a tabular file 'mapfile' using awk :
LIVELV=`awk '{print($1)}' mapfile`
BCVLV=`awk '{print($3)}' mapfile`
I wanted to pass these 'sets' into an LVM command 'loop' along the lines of :
lvmerge $BCVLV $LIVELV
ie.... (3 Replies)
I'm a Linux newb, I've been running a Debian Linux server for about a year now, and I've written some simple scripts to automate various things, but I still don't know much, and I forget what I learn as fast as I figure it out... Anyway, that really isn't important, I just want you to know that... (14 Replies)
Hi ,
I am trying to write a script in kshell with while loop ,its like
count=1
count_cmp=1
while ; do
tail -$count tempfile | head -1 > tempstring
.......
done
However i get CIF.sh: line 33: '
I have checked thetrailing spaces , not sure what is... (4 Replies)
I'm having trouble with a simple piece of code.
IFS=,
echo "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8" | while read x y
do
echo "x=$x"
echo "y=$y"
done
I'm hoping for
x=1
y=2
x=3
y=4
.
.
.
but I'm getting
x=1 (3 Replies)
Hi
Am trying to print the PIDs of process in a file and trying to grep any PID from that file
I set the if condition as $value != "PID" and $value != "-"
Assign that number to a variable
Am confused since am using while loop to read the line from file
and again if condition to check those... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have two variables like below which will always be of the same size
a=1:2:3
b=A:B:C
I need to use a for/while loop that will have both the variables available. I cannot use an array here and will probably might iterate through the variable as echo $a | tr ':' '\n' and thus iterate... (5 Replies)
Hello,
I would like to ask for help with csh script.
An example of an input in .txt file is below, the number of lines varies from file to file and I have 2 or 3 columns with values. I would like to read all the values (probably one by one) and set them to independent unique variables that... (7 Replies)
hi,
i need a portion in a audit logging shell script where i have to loop thru multiple variables.
I need some help in accomplishing this. i have 3 variables
var1=1,23,234
var2=a,ab,xyz
var3=0,0,0
the variables will have variables number of values but same length.(3 in this case )
i... (10 Replies)
Hi!
I've run into a problem where my variables are displayed in the wrong order. Basically I'm supposed to use a file that has information like this username:firstname:lastname:etc:etc.
What I'm interested in doing is reformating it into a something more like this: username lastname,... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
col
COL(1) BSD General Commands Manual COL(1)NAME
col -- filter reverse line feeds from input
SYNOPSIS
col [-bfhpx] [-l num]
DESCRIPTION
The col utility filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so that the output is in the correct order with only forward and half for-
ward line feeds, and replaces white-space characters with tabs where possible. This can be useful in processing the output of nroff(1) and
tbl(1).
The col utility reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output.
The options are as follows:
-b Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character written to each column position.
-f Forward half line feeds are permitted (``fine'' mode). Normally characters printed on a half line boundary are printed on the fol-
lowing line.
-h Do not output multiple spaces instead of tabs (default).
-l num Buffer at least num lines in memory. By default, 128 lines are buffered.
-p Force unknown control sequences to be passed through unchanged. Normally, col will filter out any control sequences from the input
other than those recognized and interpreted by itself, which are listed below.
-x Output multiple spaces instead of tabs.
The control sequences for carriage motion that col understands and their decimal values are listed in the following table:
ESC-7 reverse line feed (escape then 7)
ESC-8 half reverse line feed (escape then 8)
ESC-9 half forward line feed (escape then 9)
backspace moves back one column (8); ignored in the first column
carriage return (13)
newline forward line feed (10); also does carriage return
shift in shift to normal character set (15)
shift out shift to alternate character set (14)
space moves forward one column (32)
tab moves forward to next tab stop (9)
vertical tab reverse line feed (11)
All unrecognized control characters and escape sequences are discarded.
The col utility keeps track of the character set as characters are read and makes sure the character set is correct when they are output.
If the input attempts to back up to the last flushed line, col will display a warning message.
ENVIRONMENT
The LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE environment variables affect the execution of col as described in environ(7).
EXIT STATUS
The col utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO colcrt(1), expand(1), nroff(1), tbl(1)STANDARDS
The col utility conforms to Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification (``SUSv2'').
HISTORY
A col command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
BSD August 4, 2004 BSD