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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash - re-ordering list of parameters Post 303018697 by jcdole on Wednesday 13th of June 2018 12:27:24 PM
Old 06-13-2018
Bash - re-ordering list of parameters
Hello.

I have a script that writes parameters in alphabetic order.
But I have a parameter which have 3 lines. There is no continuation character ( '\' ). Each of the three lines finish with 'cr'. But line 2 and 3 of the concerning parameter start with a tab char (but should be one or more space).
Code:
.............
.............
.............
debugger_command =
     PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
     ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5
.............
.............
.............

When my script finished, I got this :
Code:
content_filter =
daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix
data_directory = /var/lib/postfix
     ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5
debugger_command =
debug_peer_level = 2
default_transport = error:outside mail is not deliverable
defer_transports =
.............
.............
.............
.............
     PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
.............
.............

The position of the 3 red lines are arbitrary.

Now I would like now to re-read the result file and modify it to obtain this :
Code:
content_filter =
daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix
data_directory = /var/lib/postfix
debugger_command =
     ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5
     PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
debug_peer_level = 2
default_transport = error:outside mail is not deliverable
defer_transports =
.............
 .............
.............

Any help is welcome.
 

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