1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello All, This work could be very easy for you guys. I would really appreciate help. input file: output file: (Desired) What I am capable of doing: Command: cat inputfile | awk -F\| '{print "num="$1" value="$2" digits="$3" name1="$4" file="$5" code="$6}' > outputfile Result what I am... (5 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello I need some help in outputting Fields when the delimiter has changed: echo "test1,test2 | test3,test4,test5" | awk -F"," '{print $1,"COUNT",$2,$4}' prints out: test1 COUNT test2 | test3 test5 But how to change the -F"," to -F"|" delimiter, so that it separates the fields from $2... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, an awk style question (or a stupid question... it depends on your point of view :) ) How can I write in one awk command these two ones ? $USER - `grep $USER /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{ print $5 }' | awk -F, '{ print $1 }'` Thanks gb (4 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I'm trying to split fields separated by multiple characters : Here's the string : "toto"||"ta|ta"||"titi" Here's what I want : "toto"||"ta|ta" I tried several ways, but it seems that my delimiter || is not working : echo "\"toto\"||\"ta|ta\"||\"titi\"" | awk 'BEGIN... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have several hundred files that look like this: ABB110405110000.rawfma8 AAB110405110001.rawhr32 If I use the statement ls | awk '{x=$0;gsub("","",x) I see that all characters other than 0-9 are eliminated but how do I eliminate all characters including numbers after the "." In my mind I... (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

# echo "size(JFJF" | awk -F"size(" '{print $1}' awk: fatal: Unmatched ( or \(: /size(/ the delimiter is "size(" but i'm not sure if awk is the best tool to use to specify it. i have tried: # echo "size(JFJF" | awk -F"size\(" '{print $1}' awk: warning: escape sequence `\(' treated as... (1 Reply)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi I am trying to parse the following lines and has to use * (asterisk) as the delimiter. These lines are in a file, for example tmp.txt and I am using a while loop tmp.txt: 14-OCT-2012 06:38:59 *... (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi , Please suggest me how do I use : (colon and one space) as a delimiter in awk Best regards, Vishal (2 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Code : echo "1,2,3,4"|awk -F "," 'NR==n{$3=a}1' n=1 a=45 Output : 1 2 45 4 Expected : 1,2,45,4 (4 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi We have a requirement to send email using shell script.email should have html body and pdf attachment. We used uuencode for attaching files and sendmail option to acheive and it is working fine. However custoemr wants to make body of email slightly dynamic. E.g dear customer in html file... (3 Replies)