1. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi, how can i make use of a command in the replacement segment.. cat a | sed '/^*]\{3\}$/{ s/\(.*\)/REPLACEMENT/g }' suppose if I want to use a awk command in the replacement section , how to achieve that ? Thanks (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am new to unix ... I have a file with name unixile.123761 I need to cut the extension from this file name? can u help me for this i have tried like follows copied the file lo one variable v and then `echo $v | grep cut -d = -f 1` (8 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, Greetings.. I am having a Line of 1600 characters in which each specifi fields have some values. For example 1-5 Firstname 6-8 Age and so on.. I am using `expr substr $line 100,7` to get values from the line and store in seperate variables.. The file contains 70000 lines. It is taking 3... (8 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have a script that use some files and generate one file using these files. The main command that i am using in the script is the command cut, but it is very low, and i would like another command to generate my file faster... My need is be able to use another command similar than "cut"... (2 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi I am using 'find' on a particular directory which has some subdirectories too,so when I search for .txt files from the parent directory, it gives all files that matches the pattern in the parent aswellas in the sub directories . eg: Iam at /a/b/c where c has many other directories in it ... (7 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I have a file packed with records similar to: -rw-rw---- 1 pcpdsrv8 suppw 98737 21 Jan 09:08 Workflow_Calc_Distance.log.20101223060615.bin Could someone tell me how I can cut out all the info up until the Date field please so it looks like: 21 Jan 09:08... (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Can anyone what I am doing wrong while using cut command. for f in *.log do logfilename=$f Log "Log file Name: $logfilename" logfile1=`basename $logfilename .log` flength=${#logfile1} Log "file length $flength" from_length=$(($flength - 15)) Log "from... (2 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hay i am trying to get JUST the PID from the ps command. my command line is: ps -ef | grep "mintty" | cut -d' ' -f2 but i get an empty line. i assume that the delimiter is not just one space character, but can't figure out what should i do in order to do that. i know i can use awk or cut... (8 Replies)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

I'm a complete beginner in UNIX (and not a computer science student either), just undergoing a tutoring course. Trying to replicate the instructions on my own I directed output of the ls listing command (lists all files of my home directory ) to My_dir.tsv file (see the screenshot) to make use of... (9 Replies)