Need advise/tip if there is more efficient way of doing this cut/paste/awk after changing a field
Hi,
This is the script currently and it is working as required. Just thought maybe there is a better or easier way of doing what I am trying to do.
Below is an excerpt of the file that I want to change. This is x.txt, the original file that I want to run this on is about 1000+ lines. Basically, these files are from several log files merged into one and I am wanting to change the USER=<username> field so that <username> is in lower case. I am working on the assumption that USERNAME=<username> is always field2.
Sample run of the script below:
I could simply do
but for 'clarity' I prefer to only change USER=<username> to USER=<lowercase_username> and leave the rest of the line as it is. I can't work out the awk or sed command options to use to achieve what I wanted, hence I ended up with a shell script instead. Maybe there is an awk one-liner that can do what I am trying to achieve
Hi,
Let's say that I have a file called table, I know that if I need to see a the second column for exampls I use:
awk ' {print $2}' table.txt
Is there anyway to use awk to actually cut a column and put it somewhere else in the table?:confused: (8 Replies)
Hi i need a favour
i have a file which has some trillions of records. The file is like this
11111000000000192831840914000000000000000000000000000
45789899090000000000000000011111111111111111111111111
I want to cut specific postions in each line like cut1-3 and assisgn it to a variable and... (5 Replies)
hi,
I have a file with content like this for an employee:
EmployeeID
101
Day_type, day
vacation,1/2/2009
sick day, 3/2/2009
personal day, 4/5/2009
jury duty day, 5/5/2009
how do I make the result to show:
EmployeeID,Day_type,day
101,vacation,1/2/2009
101,sick day,... (6 Replies)
Hello,
I had posted earlier about printing fields using AWK, but now I have a slightly different problem. I have text files in the format:
1*2,3,4,5
and wish to print the first, third, and fifth fields, including the asterisk and commas. In other words, after filtering it should look... (1 Reply)
Hi,
Need a help with shell script. I have to search for a string in one of the file, if match found, copy the line to a new file and delete the line from the exisiting file.
eg:
83510000000000063800000.1800000.1600000.1600000.2400000.1800000.2000000.21... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I've got a query regarding which of the following is more efficient & why -
cat <filename>|cut -d'*' -f2- > <newfilename>
or
cut -d'*' -f2- <filename> > <newfilename>
Thanks. (17 Replies)
I have a file which contains 3 fields separated by tabs example
andrew kid baker
I need to swap kid and baker using cut and paste commands how is this to be done?
Thanks (3 Replies)
i have file as with the below content
aaa.bbb.cc.dd
aaa.fff.bb
yyyyy.rrrrr.ggggg.iii
wwww.w.r.ty
i want the o/p as below
dd
bb
iii
ty
but i dont want to use awk. is there any other way to do this ? (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: anandgodse
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