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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)
Discussion started by: jassi10781
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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.
Wraper script am trying is to do with above metion 2 files.
utility tool accepts :
a. userinfo file : which contains username
b. item file : which... (2 Replies)
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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
... (3 Replies)
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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
20 -- Write the contents to the Oracle table
30 -- Writing Contents to OUTPUT... (7 Replies)
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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
b=1
while ; do
b=`sed -n '$ap' test`
a=`expr $a + 1`
$here do something with b etc
done
the problem is that sed does not seem to recognise the $a, even when trying
sed -n ' $a p'
So, I cannot read... (3 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
So i have a file which contains paths to JPG images separated by a space.
I have to separate them each path to another file. So, I have to search all strings that start from /home/ and ends with .jpg or .png
Then write each one to another file...
Can you please help me on doing this???:cool: (11 Replies)
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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)
Discussion started by: adityam
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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)
Discussion started by: adityam
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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,
that is each time i start a process, i will increment the content of counter file and also when the process ends i will decrement the content of the file.
after this i do some other activities, by now i want to... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: senthilk615
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is a text formatter. Its input consists of the text to be out-
put, intermixed with formatting commands. A formatting command
is a line containing the control character followed by a two
character command name, and possibly one or more arguments. The
control character is initially . (dot). The formatted output is
produced on standard output. The formatting commands are listed
below, with being a number, being a character, and being a title.
A + before n means it may be signed, indicating a positive or
negative change from the current value. Initial values for where
relevant, are given in parentheses.
.ad Adjust right margin.
.ar Arabic page numbers.
.br Line break. Subsequent text will begin on a new line.
.bl n Insert n blank lines.
.bp +n Begin new page and number it n. No n means +1.
.cc c Control character is set to c.
.ce n Center the next n input lines.
.de zz Define a macro called zz. A line with .. ends definition.
.ds Double space the output. Same as .ls 2.
.ef t Even page footer title is set to t.
.eh t Even page header title is set to t.
.fi Begin filling output lines as full as possible.
.fo t Footer titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hc c The character c (e.g., %) tells roff where hyphens are permitted.
.he t Header titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hx Header titles are suppressed.
.hy n Hyphenation is done if n is 1, suppressed if it is 0. Default is 1.
.ig Ignore input lines until a line beginning with .. is found.
.in n Indent n spaces from the left margin; force line break.
.ix n Same as .in but continue filling output on current line.
.li n Literal text on next n lines. Copy to output unmodified.
.ll +n Line length (including indent) is set to n (65).
.ls +n Line spacing: n (1) is 1 for single spacing, 2 for double, etc.
.m1 n Insert n (2) blank lines between top of page and header.
.m2 n Insert n (2) blank lines between header and start of text.
.m3 n Insert n (1) blank lines between end of text and footer.
.m4 n Insert n (3) blank lines between footer and end of page.
.na No adjustment of the right margin.
.ne n Need n lines. If fewer are left, go to next page.
.nn +n The next n output lines are not numbered.
.n1 Number output lines in left margin starting at 1.
.n2 n Number output lines starting at n. If 0, stop numbering.
.ni +n Indent line numbers by n (0) spaces.
.nf No more filling of lines.
.nx f Switch input to file f.
.of t Odd page footer title is set to t.
.oh t Odd page header title is set to t.
.pa +n Page adjust by n (1). Same as .bp
.pl +n Paper length is n (66) lines.
.po +n Page offset. Each line is started with n (0) spaces.
.ro Page numbers are printed in Roman numerals.
.sk n Skip n pages (i.e., make them blank), starting with next one.
.sp n Insert n blank lines, except at top of page.
.ss Single spacing. Equivalent to .ls 1.
.ta Set tab stops, e.g., .ta 9 17 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 (default).
.tc c Tabs are expanded into c. Default is space.
.ti n Indent next line n spaces; then go back to previous indent.
.tr ab Translate a into b on output.
.ul n Underline the letters and numbers in the next n lines.
