1. Shell Programming and Scripting

I want to print out a directory listing, then append ] to the end of each line. I'm trying to create a list of Wiki links based on folder listings that i can just copy and paste without having to edit 100's of file listings. Using sed i've figured out to do something like this: sed... (4 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am trying to add a blank line between sets of replicate values. I have been trying to use uniq -D -f4 input.txt > output.txt The input is like V2-1.0 -1.0 5500.00 4162.00 529976.06030125.0 1997A V2-1.0 -1.0 6000.00 4285.00 ... (6 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello everyone, I've suddenly gotten very interested in sed and awk (and enjoying it quite a bit too) because of a large conversion project that we're working on. I'm currently stuck with a very inefficient process for processing text blocks. I'm sure someone here should be able to easily point out... (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi all, i have some functions in a text file ex:"int* function(int param)" i find this functions with the command "var=grep -o "int**(*)" textfile" i tested this regex and it's working now i want to take only the name of the function from the grep result, in my example "function" how can... (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello: (exp) : match "exp",the matched text is stored in auto named arrays. How can I get the matched text ? What is the name of the auto named arrays on linux shell ? (4 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi dudes, I nee you kind assistance, I have to find the matched numbers from 2 text files and output of matched numbers should be in another text file.. I do have text files like this , for example File 1 787 665*5-p 5454 545-p 445-p 5454*-p File 2 5455 787 445-p 4356 2445 144 ... (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have a file with email header information. I would like to change the Subject line. Subject: ** PROBLEM Host Alert: server.domainname is DOWN ** I'd like to change this line such as to look, Subject: serverID ACK Fw: ** PROBLEM Host Alert: server1.domainname is DOWN** How can I... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi everyone. I need to change a script (ksh) so that it will grep on the 1st 2 letters in the second column of a 5 column file such as this one: 192.168.1.1 CAXY0_123 10ABFL000001 # Comment 192.168.1.2 CAYZ0_123 10ABTX000002 # Comment 192.168.2.1 FLXY0_123 11ABCA000001 ... (4 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I need to search a string for some specific text which is no big deal using grep. My problem is when the search fails to find the text. I need to add text like "na" when my search does not match. I have tried this command but it does not work when I put the command in a loop in a bash script: ... (12 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

I've been struggling with this one for quite a while and cannot seem to find a solution for this find/replace scenario. Perhaps I'm getting rusty. I have a file that contains a number of metrics (exactly 3 fields per line) from a few appliances that are collected in parallel. To identify the... (3 Replies)