1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, How can I print the exit status in AWK? echo $? doesnt work for me Thanks (4 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am trying to match a pattern exactly in a shell script. I have tried two methods awk '/\<mpath${CURR_MP}\>/{print $1 $2}' multipath perl -ne '/\bmpath${CURR_MP}\b/ and print' /var/tmp/multipath Both these methods require that I use the escape character. I am guessing that is why... (8 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi folks, I have a text file that I need to parse, and I cant figure it out. The source is a report breaking down softwares from various companies with some basic info about them (see source snippet below). Ultimately what I want is an excel sheet with only Adobe and Microsoft software name and... (5 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I'm trying to do some work on the authorized_keys file to do a check if there's any information after the hash key.. At the end of the hash key's in the file, there can be an = or == Is there a way to check if anything exists after these equals and if so print it out or else print... (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I need an awk command to print only the lines that match regex on xth field from file. For example if I use this command awk -F"|" ' $22 == "20130117090000.*" 'It wont work, I think, because single quotes wont allow the usage of the metacharacter star * . On the other hand I dont know... (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have the logs : cat logsx.txt 744906,{"reportingGroups":,"version":"2.0"} 678874,{"reportingGroups":,"version":"2.0"} 193571,{"reportingGroups":,"version":"2.0"} 811537,{"reportingGroups":,"version":"2.0"} 772024,{"reportingGroups":,"version":"2.0"}... (5 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need a script that will search for a string from column 1 in file A and when the string matches the last column in file B, print columns 1, 2 (file A) and columns 2, 3 (file B). input file A stringtomatch1 a stringtomatch2 a stringtomatch3 b file B junkcolumn1 printcolumn2... (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have been trying to find help with my issue and I'm thinking awk may be able to do it. I have two files eg file1.txt STRING1 230 400 0.36 STRING2 400 230 -0.13 STRING3 130 349 1 file2.txt CUFFFLINKS 1 1394 93932 . + STRING1 CUFFFLINKS ... (9 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

In the awk below I am trying to output those lines that Match between file1 and file2, those Missing in file1, and those missing in file2. Using each $1,$2,$4,$5 value as a key to match on, that is if those 4 fields are found in both files the match, but if those 4 fields are not found then missing... (0 Replies)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Hi All, I hope somebody would be able to help me. I would need to search a string coming from a file, example file.txt: dog cat goat horse fish For every string, I would need to know if there are any files inside a directory(recursively) that contains the string regardless of case.... (9 Replies)