How about getting your bash syntax right, first? What you post can't possibly run...
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OK, trying to guess what you're after, and making some assumptions, how about
We assume a *number* file is always present, all files have a .txt suffix, and the order of entries being sorted by item is acceptable...
I]hi all
i am in confusion since last 2 days :(
i posted thraed yesterday and some friends did help but still i couldnt get solution to my problem
let it be very clear
i have a long log file of alkatel switch and i have to seperate the minor major and critical alarms shown by ! , !! and !!!... (6 Replies)
If $1 in file1 matches $2 in file2. Then the value in $2 of file2 is updated to $1"."$2 of file2. The awk seems to only match the two files but not update. Thank you :).
awk
awk 'NR==FNR{A ; next} $1 in A { $2 = a }1' file1 file2
file1
name version
NM_000593 5
NM_001257406... (3 Replies)
I am trying to match $1 in file1 with $2 in file2. If a match is found then $3 and $4 of file2 are copied to file1. Both files are tab-delimeted and I am getting a syntax error and would also like to update file1 in-place without creating a new file, but am not sure how. Thank you :).
file1
... (19 Replies)
In the bash below the unique headers of each vcf.gz are stored in a text file with the same name. That is if 16-0000-file.vcf.gz was used the header text file would be 16-0000-file_header.txt.
There can be multiple vcf.gz in a directory, usually 3, that I need to fix the header in each file before... (6 Replies)
I am trying to create a cronjob that will run on startup that will look at a list.txt file to see if there is a later version of a database using database.txt as the source. The matching lines are written to output.
$1 in database.txt will be in list.txt as a partial match. $2 of database.txt... (2 Replies)
In the perl below I am trying to set/update the value of $14 (last field) in file2, using the matching NM_ in $12
or $9 in file2 with the NM_ in $2 of file1.
The lengths of $9 and $12 can be variable but what is consistent is the start pattern will always be NM_ and the end pattern is always
;... (4 Replies)
In the awk, thanks you @RavinderSingh13, for the help in below, hopefully it is close as I am trying to update the value in $12 of the tab-delimeted file2 with the matching value in $1 of the space delimeted file1. I have added comments for each line as well. Thank you :).
awk
awk '$12 ==... (10 Replies)
In the bash below which does execute I am trying to extract the contents of ${id} is 1234, as ${id} stores the variable that changes each time.
After the path is removed the contents of ${id} are stored in pref, so they can be used in the output. Currently I am not able to extract the 1234 in the... (6 Replies)
In the awk below I am trying to use the file1 as a match to file2. In file2 the contents of $5,&6,and $7 (always tab-delimited) and are copied to the output under the header Quality metrics. The below executes but the output is empty. I have added comments to help and show my thinking. Thank you... (0 Replies)
Trying to use awk to store the value of $5 in file1 in array x. That array x is then used to search $4 of file1 to find aa match (I use x to skip the header in file1). Since $4 can have multiple strings in it seperated by a , (comma), I split them and iterate througn each split looking for a match.... (2 Replies)
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bntext
bntext(5) File Formats Manual bntext(5)NAME
bnmotd.txt, bnnews.txt bnissue.txt - messages for the Unix Battle.net daemon
DESCRIPTION
The file bnmotd.txt contains text displayed by bnetd(1), when users first log into the server.
The file bnnews.txt contains text displayed when the user uses the /news chat command.
The files consist of raw text with printf-style formatting escapes. Each line of a file can contain a type formatter from the following
list:
%B Use the broadcast attribute (???).
%C Execute the line as if the user entered it as a command.
%E Use the error attribute (red).
%I Use the info attribute (yellow). This is the same was %W.
%M Normal chat message (white). This will appear as if the user said it.
%T Emote chat message (???). This will appear as if the user said it.
%W Use the warning attribute (yellow). This is the same was %I.
Within a line, any of the following format formatters may be used:
%% Expand to a literal percent sign (%).
%a Expand to the number of accounts on the server.
%c Expand to the number of channels on the server. This includes all permanent and current temporary channels.
%g Expand to the number of games on the server. This includes both public and private (passworded) games.
%h Expand to the hostname of the server (as returned by gethostname(2)).
%i Expand to this user's account ID number, formatted with a leading pound (#) sign and leading zeros.
%l Expand to this user's current chat name which is usually the same
%r Expand to the IP of the remote machine (the client).
%t Expand to four character client tag.
%u Expand to the number of users logged into the server.
%v Expand to the version number of the server.
SEE ALSO bnetd(1)AUTHOR
Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org)
2 August, 2001 bntext(5)