I have a bcp file that contains 10 fields. These fields are separated by a tab. How can I add my name as a new field in the 8th position for every record? I've been playing w/ sed and awk but can't seem to figure this out. (3 Replies)
I'm trying to replace text in a file with text from a variable
I have the following in my script, but its not working:
#!/bin/ksh
echo "Enter the path to load scripts"
read x
echo "updating the templates"
sed "s/CHANGE_ME_TO_LOAD_PATH/"$x"/g" LoadFiles.sh > LoadFiles2.sh
I thought... (1 Reply)
I have a txt file as follows
Code:
Oct 1 file1 4144
Oct 1 file23 5170
Oct 2 file5 3434
Oct 21 file56 2343
I need to add a new column by marking the right log file from current directory. For example populate like this. Please not in the second columt for "1" it has... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I need help adding carriage returns at specific intervals (say 692 characters) to a text file that's one continous string. I'm working in AIX5.3. Any quick help is appreciated.
Thanks! (2 Replies)
Hello,
I am a newbie to linux and struggling to find a better way to append a column in a text file.
Here is the file i want to modify: It has 8 columns (and thousands of rows). I want to append the first column by adding "chr" infront of the numbers. Some rows have a string in the first... (4 Replies)
sed 's/<\/body>/<A HREF='"$index"'>'"$description"'<\/A>\
<\/body>/' "$index"
This will work from the command prompt, but not from my ksh script.
Why not?
sed: command garbled: s/<\/body>/<A HREF=/accounts/students/b/bmwg6c/public_html/index.html>I would like to call it white... (4 Replies)
Hi.. I have this delicate problem..:wall: I have this huge ldif file with entry's like this example below..
And I need to change the following entrys.
telephoneNumber:
emNotifNumber:
billingnumber=
BillingNumber:
Al these entrys has a number like 012345678 and it needs to add one more... (15 Replies)
Is there a more simple way to add text to a variable
I havevar="blue"
and like to add green
to getecho $var
blue green
Here is how I do it.
var=$(echo "${var} green")
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Not always easy to see the... (2 Replies)
Hey guys,
I need to write a script that will add a specific text at the end of a specific line (of a text file). but the line is a variable
this is my text file :
device_2 ansible_ssh_host=127.0.0.1 ansible_ssh_port=30000 ansible_ssh_user='root'
device_2 ansible_ssh_host=127.0.0.1... (1 Reply)
#!/bin/bash
a=(*.pdf)
punct=((~`!@#$%^&*()_-+=|\{};':",./<>?))
for (( i =0; i < ${#a}; i++ ))
do
sed -ri 's/$punct//g' ${a}
done
I cannot use the above code, can you help me in removing all punctuation marks from file name except file extension. The idea is that once all... (9 Replies)