1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I am new to this forum and i would like to get help in this issue. I have a file 1.txt as shown: apple banana orange apple grapes banana orange grapes orange .... Now i would like to search for pattern say apple or orange and then put a # at the beginning of the pattern... (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I think you ppl did not get my question correctly, let me explain I have 1.txt with following entries as shown: 0152364|134444|10.20.30.40|015236433 0233654|122555|10.20.30.50|023365433 ** ** ** In file 2.txt I have the following entries as shown: ... (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am trying to do some thing like this .. In a file , if pattern found insert new pattern at the begining of the line containing the pattern. example: in a file I have this. gtrow0unit1/gctunit_crrownorth_stage5_outnet_feedthru_pin if i find feedthru_pin want to insert !! at the... (7 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Gurus, I need to run a script on multiple XML files in different directories and do the following (the output can be redirected to create a new file) 1. Search a pattern like "abc.mno.xyz" in an XML file, once detected, the script should delete one line above and 3 lines below (including the... (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have read another post about this issue and am wondering how to adapt it to my own, much simpler, issue. I have a file of user IDs like so: 333333 321321 546465 ...etc I need to take each number and use it to print records wherein the 5th field matches the user ID pulled from the... (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I couldn't figure out how to use sed or any other shell to do the following. Can anyone help? Thanks. If seeing a string (e.g., TODAY) in the line, replace a string in the line above (e.g, replace "Raining" with "Sunny") and replace a string in the line below (e.g., replace "Reading" with... (7 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, input file CCCC 1204 215764.85 9405410.40 1189 DDDD 4498 1503 4617 1507 4723 1517 4829 1528 4996 1540 DDDD 5199 1556 5278 1567 5529 1603 5674 1614 6076 1915 DDDD 6605 2371 7004 2779 CCCC ... (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I need a shell script, which would search the result values from another files. 1)execute " select column1 from table_name" query on the table. 2)Based on the result, need to be grep from .wft files. could please explain about this.Below is the way i am using. #!/bin/sh... (4 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am trying to write a shell script which will modify existing values and take backup of old values. file trying to modify is : /etc/sysctl.conf script name: modify.sh execute ./modify.sh enter ref no: 123 add below values in file sysctl.cnf kernel.shmall = 4194304 ... (7 Replies)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

I have this fileA TEST FILE ABC this file contains ABC; TEST FILE DGHT this file contains DGHT; TEST FILE 123 this file contains ABC, this file contains DEF, this file contains XYZ, this file contains KLM ; I want to have a fileZ that has only (begin search pattern for will be... (2 Replies)