I have a file called get_columns.sh that I would like to replace $2 with $3. I have the following sed command written that works
sed s/'$3'/'$2'/g get_columns.sh > output.txt
However, when I try the command below, the file is empty.
sed s/'$3'/'$2'/g get_columns.sh > get_columns.sh
... (2 Replies)
Hi Guys,
Working on a script in the Vi editor that requires the fifth column of a particular line changed.
e.g.
Name:Address:email:A
where "A" needs to be changed to what the variable $access holds ($access currently has the words admin access in it)
when I use this command :
`sed... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I have a shell script containing a command string in the following format:
command1 | command2 | cut -c9-16
The output from this is a record number (using characters 9-16 of the original output string) e.g. ORD-1234
I wish to save this value to a variable for use in later commands... (4 Replies)
HI!
I have a file that looks like this:
>ANKRD30_2kb
AAGTAACCAATGCAGGAAACCGAGAGGAGAGGTTTGGAAGGTGGTTTAGTGAGGTAATCCATCTTTTCT
AGTGATAAACTGGCACCCAGTCAATTTATTCATCAGAAGGGAATACATCAGCCTGGCGTGGTGGCTCGC
CCCCGACCCTGTCAGCGTCACCAGCAGCGCGGATCCATGGGCCAGAAGCCTCTAGGGCGCCTAAGTCAG
Number of residues in the... (9 Replies)
When I run this:
PDHDURL=`/usr/bin/curl --silent http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php | /usr/bin/grep -o http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/.*.gif | head -1`
echo -e "$PHDURL"
It is totally blank. However, when I just run it from the terminal:
/usr/bin/curl --silent... (2 Replies)
My script ssh's to another server and gathers information then process them. The problem is that the output of a command has an unwanted "blank lines".
...
ssh user1@${server1} /usr/bin/ls -l /tmp/file1 | awk '{print $5}' > ${DATAFILE}
...
$ cat ${DATAFILE}
123456789 (There's a blank... (7 Replies)
I am ssh to many servers to get some information... however sometimes the server is unreacheable and i am getting an error. I want to save that output to a file but I am not able to do so...
I want to be able to save output of bash into a file.. so when I run this command on a script
ssh... (5 Replies)
Hi all........
Plss do help me.......in a big trouble... :wall::wall::wall:
I have 3 directories named as :1. /home/shuchi/source
2./home/shuchi/destination
3./home/shuchi/filter
now the problem is /home/shuchi/source has say 2 files with extension .txt as given below :
A.txt
Code:
... (0 Replies)
Hi all........
Plss do help me.......in a big trouble... :wall::wall::wall:
I have 3 directories named as :1. /home/shuchi/source
2./home/shuchi/destination
3./home/shuchi/filter
now the problem is /home/shuchi/source has say 2 files with extension .txt as given below :
A.txt
msisdn ... (5 Replies)
Hi,
i need help with a file creation of an output program. I've got a program that with #find creates an output for each files in a directory.
If i give this command :
-o spec$(date -u +%Y%m%dt%H%M)
it creates just one file, overwriting all the others since it is the creation date .... (2 Replies)
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shtool-subst
SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
[-e|--exec cmd] [-f|--file cmd-file] [file] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
-s, --stealth
Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
-e, --exec cmd
Specify sed(1) command directly.
-f, --file cmd-file
Read sed(1) command from file.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool subst -i -e 's;(c) ([0-9]*)-2000;(c) 1-2001;' *.[ch]
# RPM spec-file
%install
shtool subst -v -n
-e 's;^(prefix=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix};g'
-e 's;^(sysconfdir=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/etc;g'
`find . -name Makefile -print`
make install
HISTORY
The GNU shtool subst command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 2001 for GNU shtool. It was prompted
by the need to have a uniform and convenient patching frontend to sed(1) operations in the OpenPKG package specifications.
SEE ALSO shtool(1), sed(1).
18-Jul-2008 shtool 2.0.8 SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)