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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have a file as :-
ABC
DEF
GHI
JKL
<BlankLine>
MNO
PQR
STU
VWX
<BlankLine>
YZA
I need it as below:-
ABCDEFGHIJKL;
MNOPQRSTUVWX; (3 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
Am trying to write wrapper shell/bash script on a utility tool for which i need to pass 2 files as arugment to execute utility tool.
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a. userinfo file : which contains username
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello All,
i am a newbie and need some help when reading a csv file in a bourne shell script. I want to read 10 lines, then wait for a minute and then do a reading of another 10 lines and so on in the same way. I want to do this till the end of file.
Any inputs are appreciated
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to match lines after a pattern, upto the first blank line.
Searched in web and some forums but coulnt find the answer.
where <restart_step> =
10 -- Execute query
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
So, I want to read line-by-line a text file with unknown number of files....
So:
a=1
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while ; do
b=`sed -n '$ap' test`
a=`expr $a + 1`
$here do something with b etc
done
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
So i have a file which contains paths to JPG images separated by a space.
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I have reached at a specified offset from the start of file. My requirement is that I want to read only those lines, which have the string READ / ALTER / UPDATE. As soon as, none of these literals are found in the subsequent line, I want to stop reading. Is there any feature of grep which... (1 Reply)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi ,
I want to read a file starting with "*" up to till it encounters a blank line and to redirect this output to a different file.Plz suggest how to write a script for this.
e.g:-
* PK Sent Email (11.23)
CALYPSO 1243215 9116457 NEW TRAD FAILED Nov 23 2007 9:34AM OASYS: DPS: SINGCORP invalid... (1 Reply)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
I want to read a file starting with "*" up to till it encounters a blank line and to redirect this output to a different file.Plz suggest how to write a script for this.
e.g:-
* PK Sent Email (11.23)
CALYPSO 1243215 9116457 NEW TRAD FAILED Nov 23 2007 9:34AM OASYS: DPS: SINGCORP invalid... (1 Reply)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
In my script i am writing to a counter file the no of processes i had started,
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line(1) General Commands Manual line(1)
NAME
line - read one line from user input
SYNOPSIS
timeout]
DESCRIPTION
copies one line (up to a new-line) from the standard input and writes it on the standard output. It returns an exit code of 1 on EOF and
always prints at least a new-line. It is often used within shell files to read from the user's terminal.
Options
recognizes the following command-line option:
Timeout after
timeout seconds where timeout is an integer value (if a non-integer value is specified, it is converted to an integer;
i.e., rounded down). A blank is required between and the timeout argument. This option is not documented in POSIX and
other industry standards, and should not be used in portable applications.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
International Code Set Support
Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.
EXAMPLES
The following lines in a shell script prompt for a file name and display information about the file:
To limit the response time to 10 seconds, use the form:
then test for no response. If no response occurs before timeout expires, a default behavior should be provided.
WARNINGS
This command is likely to be withdrawn from X/Open standards. Applications using this command might not be portable to other vendors' sys-
tems. As an alternative is recommended.
SEE ALSO
sh(1), read(2).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
line(1)