thanks Don Cragun;
i was just coming back to fix that
---------- Post updated at 08:56 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:44 PM ----------
sorry Don Cragun
that did not work , it ran in bash with out any errors but did not change file.txt
I was just talking about the awk part. You still have to capture the output produced and copy it back to the target file. I just didn't understand why part of your code was using file and part of it was using file.txt.
You could either use:
if you want what your script was doing, or you could use:
if you wanted to replace file.txt with its original contents minus the deleted lines.
Of course, having an example where all of your input is removed by the operation means that you could get the same results just using the command:
This User Gave Thanks to Don Cragun For This Post:
Hi I have a text file like this name today.txt
the request has been accepted
the scan is successful at following time
there are no invalid packages
5169378 : map : Permission Denied
the request has been accepted
Now what i want do is
I want to search the today.txt file and
if i... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I would like to fine some entry in a file, if it found, it should remove the same in the same file.
Please some one help me.
need to find and en entry 'bea' from hosts file. If it found it should write it same host file.
but i am not geting it. If i am writing it in new file... (2 Replies)
Hi I have a text file like this name today.txt
the request has been accepted
the scan is successful at following time
there are no invalid packages
5169378 : map : Permission Denied
the request has been accepted
Now what i want do is
I want to search the today.txt file and
if i... (8 Replies)
Hi,
I need help with using an awk or sed filter on the below line
ALTER TABLE "ACCOUNT" ADD CONSTRAINT "ACCOUNT_PK" PRIMARY KEY ("ACCT_ID") USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1) TABLESPACE "WMC_DATA" LOGGING ENABLE
Look for... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I need help with using an awk or sed filter on the below line
ALTER TABLE "ACCOUNT" ADD CONSTRAINT "ACCOUNT_PK" PRIMARY KEY ("ACCT_ID") USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1) TABLESPACE "WMC_DATA" LOGGING ENABLE
Look for... (1 Reply)
I am trying to delete the line with pattern and the next line. Found the below command in forum which also deleted the previous line. how should i modify that to make sure that only the line with pattern and the next line are deleted but not the previous line?
awk '/key... (1 Reply)
i need to find ' - ' in a line , if i found i need to rest of the line including '-'
example
libmm-2.0
libytytsunos-5.6
output
libmm
libytytsunos (7 Replies)
I'm looking for a way to search a file, in this case init.rc for a specific match, service adbd /sbin/adbd, and delete the a specific line after it
Original:
# adbd is controlled by the persist.service.adb.enable system property
service adbd /sbin/adbd
disabled
After deletion:
#... (5 Replies)
Hi ,
i have a file with data as below.This is same file. But actual file contains to many rows.
i want to search for a string "Field 039 00" and delete that line and previous 3 lines in that file.. Can some body suggested me how can i do using either sed or awk command ?
Field 004... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: vadlamudy
7 Replies
LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
bntext
bntext(5) File Formats Manual bntext(5)NAME
bnmotd.txt, bnnews.txt bnissue.txt - messages for the Unix Battle.net daemon
DESCRIPTION
The file bnmotd.txt contains text displayed by bnetd(1), when users first log into the server.
The file bnnews.txt contains text displayed when the user uses the /news chat command.
The files consist of raw text with printf-style formatting escapes. Each line of a file can contain a type formatter from the following
list:
%B Use the broadcast attribute (???).
%C Execute the line as if the user entered it as a command.
%E Use the error attribute (red).
%I Use the info attribute (yellow). This is the same was %W.
%M Normal chat message (white). This will appear as if the user said it.
%T Emote chat message (???). This will appear as if the user said it.
%W Use the warning attribute (yellow). This is the same was %I.
Within a line, any of the following format formatters may be used:
%% Expand to a literal percent sign (%).
%a Expand to the number of accounts on the server.
%c Expand to the number of channels on the server. This includes all permanent and current temporary channels.
%g Expand to the number of games on the server. This includes both public and private (passworded) games.
%h Expand to the hostname of the server (as returned by gethostname(2)).
%i Expand to this user's account ID number, formatted with a leading pound (#) sign and leading zeros.
%l Expand to this user's current chat name which is usually the same
%r Expand to the IP of the remote machine (the client).
%t Expand to four character client tag.
%u Expand to the number of users logged into the server.
%v Expand to the version number of the server.
SEE ALSO bnetd(1)AUTHOR
Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org)
2 August, 2001 bntext(5)