head -1 bigflatfile > firstline # works but would rather be a var
firstline=$(head -1 bigflatfile) # does not work $firstline is empty
firstline='perl -pi.bk -e 'print( STOUT $_ ) and $_= "" if ($. == 1);'jobs.txt'
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
I am new to shell programming so please let me know if I am getting the syntax wrong...
try
The syntax of firstline=$(head -1 bigflatfile) may not work with your shell. What shell are you using?
Also, when you are calling a program and trying to place the output of that program into a variable, you need to use backticks, not single quotes. The backtick is right above the tab on a standard keyboard. Change your perl statement to:
Hi All,
I get a flat file with its last field data splitting onto a new line.I got this program from Vgersh which when run would cancatenate the split data back to the end of the previous records.But this program fails when it encounters a page break between the split data and the previous... (5 Replies)
I have a flat file that contains records similar to the following two lines;
1984/11/08 7 700000 123456789 2
1984/11/08 1941/05/19 7 700000 123456789 2
The 123456789 2 represents an account number, this is how I identify the duplicate record.
The ### signs represent... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have more than 30,000 records in a flat file. I want to remove footer from the file by searching a string pattern for the footer.
Example.... let the flat file test.dat contains below records.
record1
record2
record3
..
..
..
record31000
Total records 31000
I want to remove the... (6 Replies)
HI,
can any one help me please ..
i have flat file like
qwer123rt ass3242ccf jjk654
kjh838ppp nhdg453ok hdkk34
i want remove numeric characters in the flat file
i want output like this
qwerrt assccf jjk
kjhppp nhdgok hdkk
help me... (4 Replies)
I have to export data from table into flat file with | delimited. In the ksh file, I am adding below to do this activity.
$DBSTRING contains the sqlplus command and $SQL_STRING contains the SQL query. File is created properly with the data as per SQL command. I am getting white spaces in the... (1 Reply)
Hi,
Is there a way to find out the line number from where the data starts?
like if the data contains column header, irrespective of the text in the column header we should get the line number from which contains the column header.
I am sorry if I haven't explained the problem clearly.
... (8 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a issues while loading a flat file to the DB. It is taking much time.
When analyzed i found out that there are duplicates entry in the flat file.
There are 2 type of Duplicate entry.
1) is entire row is duplicate. ( i can use sort | uniq) to remove the duplicated entry.
2) the... (4 Replies)
We have a flat file with below data :
^@^@^@^@00000305^@^@^@^@^@^@430^@430^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@09079989530As we can see ^@ is Null character in this file
I want to remove only the first few null characters before string 00000305
How can we do that, any idea. I want a new file without first few... (5 Replies)
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RAKE(1) Ruby Programmers Reference Guide RAKE(1)NAME
rake -- Ruby Make
SYNOPSIS
rake [--f Rakefile] [--version] [-CGNPgnqstv] [-D [PATTERN]] [-E CODE] [-I LIBDIR] [-R RAKELIBDIR] [-T [PATTERN]] [-e CODE] [-p CODE]
[-r MODULE] [--rules] [variable=value] target ...
DESCRIPTION
Rake is a simple ruby(1) build program with capabilities similar to the regular make(1) command.
Rake has the following features:
o Rakefiles (Rake's version of Makefiles) are completely defined in standard Ruby syntax. No XML files to edit. No quirky Makefile syntax
to worry about (is that a tab or a space?).
o Users can specify tasks with prerequisites.
o Rake supports rule patterns to synthesize implicit tasks.
o Flexible FileLists that act like arrays but know about manipulating file names and paths.
o A library of prepackaged tasks to make building rakefiles easier.
OPTIONS --version Display the program version.
-C
--classic-namespace
Put Task and FileTask in the top level namespace
-D [PATTERN]
--describe [PATTERN]
Describe the tasks (matching optional PATTERN), then exit.
-E CODE
--execute-continue CODE
Execute some Ruby code, then continue with normal task processing.
-G
--no-system
--nosystem Use standard project Rakefile search paths, ignore system wide rakefiles.
-I LIBDIR
--libdir LIBDIR Include LIBDIR in the search path for required modules.
-N
--no-search
--nosearch Do not search parent directories for the Rakefile.
-P
--prereqs Display the tasks and dependencies, then exit.
-R RAKELIBDIR
--rakelib RAKELIBDIR
--rakelibdir RAKELIBDIR
Auto-import any .rake files in RAKELIBDIR. (default is rakelib )
-T [PATTERN]
--tasks [PATTERN] Display the tasks (matching optional PATTERN) with descriptions, then exit.
-e CODE
--execute CODE Execute some Ruby code and exit.
-f FILE
--rakefile FILE Use FILE as the rakefile.
-h
--help Prints a summary of options.
-g
--system Using system wide (global) rakefiles (usually ~/.rake/*.rake ).
-n
--dry-run Do a dry run without executing actions.
-p CODE
--execute-print CODE
Execute some Ruby code, print the result, then exit.
-q
--quiet Do not log messages to standard output.
-r MODULE
--require MODULE Require MODULE before executing rakefile.
-s
--silent Like --quiet, but also suppresses the 'in directory' announcement.
-t
--trace Turn on invoke/execute tracing, enable full backtrace.
-v
--verbose Log message to standard output (default).
--rules Trace the rules resolution.
SEE ALSO ruby(1)make(1)
http://rake.rubyforge.org/
REPORTING BUGS
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AUTHOR
Rake is written by Jim Weirich <jim@weirichhouse.org>
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