Deleting an input field in awk might not be portable.
Even this rmcol() function is not portable.
The following should work with Posix-compatible awk and sed. On Solaris requires the /usr/xpg4/bin/ versions.
It uses a pipe between awk and sed.
Of course you can have an intermediate file as you stated in post #1
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For counting the occurences of specific character in the file
I am issuing the command
grep -o 'character' filename | wc -w
It works in other shells but not in HP-UX as there is no option -o for grep.
What do I do now? (9 Replies)
I'm trying to count the number of 2 specific characters in a very large file. I'd like to avoid using gsub because its taking too long.
I was thinking something like:
awk '-F' { t += NF - 1 } END {print t}' infile > outfile
which isn't working
Any ideas would be great. (3 Replies)
Hi,
I need to add Pipe (|) at 5th and 18th position of all records a file. How can I do this?
I tried to add it at 5th position using the below code. It didnt work. Please help!!!
awk '{substr($0,5,1) ~ /|/}{print}' $input_file > $temp_file (1 Reply)
I am trying to use sed to replace specific characters at a specific position in the file with a different value... can this be done?
Example:
File:
A0199999123
A0199999124
A0199999125
Need to replace 99999 in positions 3-7 with 88888.
Any help is appreciated. (5 Replies)
Hi,
I need help regarding counting specific word or character per line and validate it against a specific number i.e 10. And if number of character equals the specific number then that line will be part of the output.
Specific number = 6
Specific word or char = ||
Sample data:... (1 Reply)
I'm looking for what I hope might be a one liner along these lines:
sed '/a line with more than 3 pipes in it/d'
I know how to get the pipe count in a string and store it in a variable, but I'm greedy enough to hope that it's possible via regex in the /.../d context. Am I asking too much? ... (5 Replies)
Hi, im still new in unix.
i want to ask how to delete character on specific position in line, lets say i want to remove 5 character from position 1000, so characters from position 1000-1005 will be deleted.
i found this sed command can delete 4 characters from position 10, but i dont know if... (7 Replies)
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In file, we have millions of records each of 1000 in length. And at specific position say 800 there is a space, we need to replace it with Character X if the ID in that row starts with 123.
So far i have used the below which is replacing space at that position to X but its not checking for... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
bnftp
BNFTP(1) BNETD User's Manual BNFTP(1)NAME
bnftp - Battle.net file transfer client
SYNOPSIS
bnftp [options] [servername [serverport]]
DESCRIPTION
bnftp is a simple program for downloading data files from a bnetd server. These files include tos.txt, upgrade MPQ archives, and ad ban-
ners.
If no servername is specified, localhost is assumed. If no serverport is specified, 6112 is assumed.
After the program is started it will connect to the server and then prompt for the filename to download. No directory components may be
used in the filename. The file is copied to a file with the same name in the current directory.
OPTIONS -b Causes bnftp to emulate a Brood Wars client.
--client
Causes bnftp to emulate a specific client. The following client tags are recognized: DRTL DSHR STAR SSHR SEXP W2BN. There are
short options which may be used instead for the common clients.
-d Causes bnftp to emulate a Diablo client.
-h --help --usage
Print usage information and exit.
-s Causes bnftp to emulate a Starcraft client.
-v --version
Print its version number and exit.
-w Causes bnftp to emulate a Warcraft II BNE client.
NOTES
The current version is available with the bnetd distribution at:
http://www.bnetd.org/
BUGS
This program assumes that the terminal will move to the beginning of the current line when the carriage return character (^M) is printed.
It also assumes the backspace character (^H) will move one column to the left that character printed after that will replace those already
on the screen.
The terminal settings are not consulted for keybindings. The following are assumed:
^H delete the character to the left of the cursor
^J accept current line
^M (return)
accept current line
^T transpose the last two characters
^W delete word to the left of the cursor
^U delete the whole input line
^[ (escape)
cancel the current input line
^? (delete)
delete the character to the left of the cursor
SEE ALSO bnetd(1)AUTHOR
Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org)
BNETD 11 June, 2000 BNFTP(1)