All,
I have a requirement where I will need to split a line into multiple lines.
Ex:
Input:
2ABCDEFGH2POIYUY2ASDGGF2QWERTY
Output:
2ABCDEFGH
2POIYUY
2ASDGGF
2QWERTY
The data is of no fixed lenght. Only the lines have to start with 2.
How can this be done. (5 Replies)
Hi guys, looking for a bit of advise, and as I am a complete novice, please excuse the daft questions!!
I have a list of events and of which entry looks like this;
#
# Event 1
# NAME = Event 1
#
12345 : 123 : 1 : 1 : L,1,N : 1,0 : Event
#
# Event 2
# NAME = Event 2
#
12346... (8 Replies)
Guys I am having a problem with being able to find missing monitors in a configuration check script I am trying to create for accountability purposes for managing a large number of systems. What I am trying to do is run a script that will look at the raw config data in a file and pull all the pool... (7 Replies)
Hello all,
first off great forum.
Now for my little problem.
Using RHEL 5.4 and awk. Been doing code since a few month. So just starting.
My problem is handeling data on multiple lines.
{
if ($1 != LASTKEY && h ~ /.*\/s_fr_/) {
checkgecos( h, h )
h=""
... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have one file, say file 1, that has data like below where 19900107 is the date,
19900107 12 144 129 0.7380047
19900108 12 168 129 0.3149017
19900109 12 192 129 3.2766666E-02
... (3 Replies)
I need help extracting specific lines in a text file. The file looks like this:
POSITION TOTAL-FORCE (eV/Angst)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.86126 1.86973 1.86972 ... (14 Replies)
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I am working in Linux terminal.
I have a folder with a bunch of txt files. Each file has several lines of html code. I want to combine... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I am stuck in one step..
I have one file named file.txt having content:
And SGMT.perd_id = (SELECT cal.fiscal_perd_id FROM $ODS_TARGT.TIM_DT_CAL_D CAL
FROM $ODS_TARGT.GL_COA_SEGMNT_XREF_A SGMT
SGMT.COA_XREF_TYP_IDN In (SEL COA_XREF_TYP_IDN From... (4 Replies)
Hi, if i have data like below:
Control|AC-00011-CN-2475208 AC-00011-CN-2475211 AC-00007-CN-2475238 AC-00007-CN-2475241
Im getting output in required format as below
Control|AC-00011-CN-2475208
Control|AC-00011-CN-2475211
Control|AC-00007-CN-2475238
Control|AC-00007-CN-2475241
using
awk... (9 Replies)
GM,
I have an issue at work, which requires a simple solution. But, after multiple attempts, I have not been able to hit on the code needed.
I am assuming that sed, awk or even perl could do what I need.
I have an application that adds extra blank page feeds, for multiple reports, when... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: jxfish2
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
random
RANDOM(4) Linux Programmer's Manual RANDOM(4)NAME
random, urandom - kernel random number source devices
DESCRIPTION
The character special files /dev/random and /dev/urandom (present since Linux 1.3.30) provide an interface to the kernel's random number
generator. File /dev/random has major device number 1 and minor device number 8. File /dev/urandom has major device number 1 and minor
device number 9.
The random number generator gathers environmental noise from device drivers and other sources into an entropy pool. The generator also
keeps an estimate of the number of bit of the noise in the entropy pool. From this entropy pool random numbers are created.
When read, the /dev/random device will only return random bytes within the estimated number of bits of noise in the entropy pool.
/dev/random should be suitable for uses that need very high quality randomness such as one-time pad or key generation. When the entropy
pool is empty, reads to /dev/random will block until additional environmental noise is gathered.
When read, /dev/urandom device will return as many bytes as are requested. As a result, if there is not sufficient entropy in the entropy
pool, the returned values are theoretically vulnerable to a cryptographic attack on the algorithms used by the driver. Knowledge of how to
do this is not available in the current non-classified literature, but it is theoretically possible that such an attack may exist. If this
is a concern in your application, use /dev/random instead.
CONFIGURING
If your system does not have /dev/random and /dev/urandom created already, they can be created with the following commands:
mknod -m 644 /dev/random c 1 8
mknod -m 644 /dev/urandom c 1 9
chown root:root /dev/random /dev/urandom
When a Linux system starts up without much operator interaction, the entropy pool may be in a fairly predictable state. This reduces the
actual amount of noise in the entropy pool below the estimate. In order to counteract this effect, it helps to carry entropy pool informa-
tion across shut-downs and start-ups. To do this, add the following lines to an appropriate script which is run during the Linux system
start-up sequence:
echo "Initializing kernel random number generator..."
# Initialize kernel random number generator with random seed
# from last shut-down (or start-up) to this start-up. Load and
# then save 512 bytes, which is the size of the entropy pool.
if [ -f /var/random-seed ]; then
cat /var/random-seed >/dev/urandom
fi
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/random-seed count=1
Also, add the following lines in an appropriate script which is run during the Linux system shutdown:
# Carry a random seed from shut-down to start-up for the random
# number generator. Save 512 bytes, which is the size of the
# random number generator's entropy pool.
echo "Saving random seed..."
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/random-seed count=1
FILES
/dev/random
/dev/urandom
AUTHOR
The kernel's random number generator was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@athena.mit.edu).
SEE ALSO
mknod (1)
RFC 1750, "Randomness Recommendations for Security"
Linux 1997-08-01 RANDOM(4)