Not quite. But it should be doable, like (variable names exchangeable)
and then, inside the script, replace every occurrence of $1 by $C1 and $3 by $C2. The result should be identical to what you got above. Then, try using other columns.
If you want to convey columns via shell positional parameters, e.g. $1 and/or $2, don't use single but double quotes.
Hey guys...
Running Solaris 5.6, trying to write an easy /sbin/sh script. I want to run several commands, then have the results appear on one line. Additionally, I want the results to be separated by <TAB>.
Let's say that my script calls three commands (date, pwd, and hostname), I would want... (2 Replies)
I have a tab-Delimited file:
Eg:
'test' file contains:
a<tab>b<tab>c<tab>....
Based on certain condition, I wanna increase the number of lines of this file.How do I do that
Eg:
If some value in the database is 1 then one line in 'test' file is fine..
If some value in the database is 2... (1 Reply)
Hi
I have two tab delimited file with different number of columns but same number of rows. I need to combine these two files in such a way that row 1 in file 2 comes adjacent to row 1 in file 1.
For example:
The content of file1:
field1 field2 field3
a1 a2 a3
b1 b2 b3... (2 Replies)
I have a need to merge two files on the value of an index column.
input file 1
id filePath MDL_NUMBER
1 MFCD00008104.mol MFCD00008104
2 MFCD00012849.mol MFCD00012849
3 MFCD00037597.mol MFCD00037597
4 MFCD00064558.mol MFCD00064558
5 MFCD00064559.mol MFCD00064559
input file 2
... (9 Replies)
Hi,
My requirement is,there is a directory location like:
:camp/current/
In this location there can be different flat files that are generated in a single day with same header and the data will be different, differentiated by timestamp, so i need to verify how many files are generated... (10 Replies)
Hi Forum.
I'm struggling to find a solution for the following issue.
I have multiple files a1.txt, a2.txt, a3.txt, etc. and I would like to insert a tab-delimited header record at the beginning of each of the files.
This is my code so far but it's not working as expected.
for i in... (2 Replies)
Here's a sample of the data:
NAME BIRTHDAY SEX LOCATION AGE ID
Jim 05/11/1986 M Japan 27 86
Rei 08/25/1990 F Korea 24 33
Jane 02/24/1985 F India 29 78
I've been trying to sort files using the... (8 Replies)
Please know that I am very new to unix and trying to learn 'on the job'. I'm only manipulating large tab-delimited files (millions of rows), but I'm stuck and don't know how to proceed with the following. Hoping for some friendly advice :)
I have 2 tab-delimited files - with differing column &... (10 Replies)
I thought I had this figured out but was wrong so am humbly asking for help.
The task is to add an additional column to FILE 1 based on records in FILE 2.
The key is in COLUMN 1 for FILE 1 and in COLUMN 1 OR COLUMN 2 for FILE 2.
I want to add the third column from FILE 2 to the beginning of... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: andmal
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
fspec
fspec(4) File Formats fspec(4)NAME
fspec - format specification in text files
DESCRIPTION
It is sometimes convenient to maintain text files on the system with non-standard tabs, (tabs that are not set at every eighth column).
Such files must generally be converted to a standard format, frequently by replacing all tabs with the appropriate number of spaces, before
they can be processed by system commands. A format specification occurring in the first line of a text file specifies how tabs are to be
expanded in the remainder of the file.
A format specification consists of a sequence of parameters separated by blanks and surrounded by the brackets <: and :>. Each parameter
consists of a keyletter, possibly followed immediately by a value. The following parameters are recognized:
ttabs The t parameter specifies the tab settings for the file. The value of tabs must be one of the following:
o A list of column numbers separated by commas, indicating tabs set at the specified columns.
o A '-' followed immediately by an integer n, indicating tabs at intervals of n columns.
o A '-' followed by the name of a ``canned'' tab specification.
Standard tabs are specified by t-8, or equivalently, t1,9,17,25, etc. The canned tabs that are recognized are defined by
the tabs(1) command.
ssize The s parameter specifies a maximum line size. The value of size must be an integer. Size checking is performed after tabs
have been expanded, but before the margin is prepended.
mmargin The m parameter specifies a number of spaces to be prepended to each line. The value of margin must be an integer.
d The d parameter takes no value. Its presence indicates that the line containing the format specification is to be deleted
from the converted file.
e The e parameter takes no value. Its presence indicates that the current format is to prevail only until another format
specification is encountered in the file.
Default values, which are assumed for parameters not supplied, are t-8 and m0. If the s parameter is not specified, no size checking is
performed. If the first line of a file does not contain a format specification, the above defaults are assumed for the entire file. The
following is an example of a line containing a format specification:
* <:t5,10,15 s72:> *
If a format specification can be disguised as a comment, it is not necessary to code the d parameter.
SEE ALSO ed(1), newform(1), tabs(1)SunOS 5.10 3 Jul 1990 fspec(4)