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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting awk code to inspect variable before printing Post 303017562 by SkySmart on Thursday 17th of May 2018 08:51:33 PM
Old 05-17-2018
awk code to inspect variable before printing
i have a unique scenario id like help with.

im currently running this command and it does what i want:

Code:
printf '%s\n' "${RawContent}" | awk '/##  Beginning Stages  ##/,/## Ending Stages ##/' | awk '!/^#.*\!|^#\!|DefaultError/'

Can this be shortened? I'm looking for something portable as i intend to use this across several different unix platforms.

EDIT: I'm adding the content of "RawContent":

RawContent:

Code:
##  Beginning Stages  ##

#!/bin/sh

echo "What is your name? "
read usname

echo 

echo "The date and time right now is `date`"

echo 

echo "Current directory is `pwd` "

DefaultError=none

## Ending Stages ##

The content of "RawContent" varies but my code basically does precisely what i need, which is:

Code:
1. Grabs the data that is between the two patterns of "##  Beginning Stages  ##" and "## Ending Stages ##"
2. Removes all lines that have contain specific text

The third thing i need it to do is to print absolutely nothing if the result of 1 and 2 contain the pattern "WrongValue=".

Here is how I would do it:

Code:
VarA=$(printf '%s\n' "${RawContent}" | awk '/##  Beginning Stages  ##/,/## Ending Stages ##/' | awk '!/^#.*\!|^#\!|DefaultError/')

case "${VarA}" in
*WrongValue=*)
   j=j  # do nothing
;;
*)
  printf '%s\n' "${VarA}"
;;
esac

How can I optimize this and also have the optimized version usable across all/most Unix systems?
Last edited by SkySmart; 05-19-2018 at 12:12 PM..
 

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irsend

IRSEND(1)							   User Commands							 IRSEND(1)

NAME

       irsend - basic LIRC program to send infra-red commands

SYNOPSIS

       irsend [options] DIRECTIVE REMOTE CODE [CODE...]

DESCRIPTION

       Asks the lircd daemon to send one or more CIR (Consumer Infra-Red) commands. This is intended for remote control of electronic devices such
       as TV boxes, HiFi sets, etc.

       DIRECTIVE can be:
	  SEND_ONCE	    - send CODE [CODE ...] once
	  SEND_START	    - start repeating CODE
	  SEND_STOP	    - stop repeating CODE
	  LIST		    - list configured remote items
	  SET_TRANSMITTERS  - set transmitters NUM [NUM ...]
	  SIMULATE	    - simulate IR event

       REMOTE is the name of a remote, as described in the lircd configuration file.

       CODE is the name of a remote control key of REMOTE, as it appears in the lircd configuration file.

       NUM is the transmitter number of the hardware device.

       For the LIST DIRECTIVE, REMOTE and/or CODE can be empty:

	  LIST	 ""    ""   - list all configured remote names
	  LIST REMOTE  ""   - list all codes of REMOTE
	  LIST REMOTE CODE  - list only CODE of REMOTE

       The SIMULATE command only works if it has been explicitly enabled in lircd.

       -h --help
	      display usage summary

       -v --version
	      display version

       -d --device
	      use given lircd socket [/var/run/lirc/lircd]

       -a --address=host[:port]
	      connect to lircd at this address

       -# --count=n
	      send command n times

EXAMPLES

	  irsend LIST DenonTuner ""
	  irsend SEND_ONCE  DenonTuner PROG-SCAN
	  irsend SEND_ONCE  OnkyoAmpli VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP
	  irsend SEND_START OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN ; sleep 3
	  irsend SEND_STOP  OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN
	  irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1
	  irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1 3 4
	  irsend SIMULATE "0000000000000476 00 OK TECHNISAT_ST3004S"

FILES

       /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
	      Default lircd configuration file.  It should contain all the remotes, their infra-red codes and the corresponding timing	and  wave-
	      form details.

DIAGNOSTICS

       If lircd is not running (or /var/run/lirc/lircd lacks write permissions) irsend aborts with the following diagnostics:
       "irsend: could not connect to socket"
       "irsend: Connection refused" (or "Permission denied").

SEE ALSO

       The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the documentation directory.

       lircd(8), mode2(1), smode2(1), xmode2(1), irrecord(1), irw(1), http://www.lirc.org.

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