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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
I have requirement to search for a text in the file and retrieve required lines that is user defined with unix command.
Eg:
Find the text UNIX in the below file and need to return Test 8 & Test 9
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Test 4
UNIX
Test 5
Test 6
Test 7
Test 8
Test 9
Result can... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Arunkumarsak4
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
This could be a really dummy question.
I have a log text file.
What unix command to extract line from specific string to another specific string.
Is it something similar to?:
more +/"string" file_name
Thanks (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: aku
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi i'm new to shell script,
i want to get the filename from specific location which i mentioned in my script.
The scirpt should read the filename exactly using the following command "ls -ltr | tail -1".
Could someone show me on this. Below is my script
#!/bin/ksh
PATH= /usr/
if
then
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: fresher
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey, guys!
I am trying to retrieve lines from a file in a given date range. I tried using sed -n "/${SDATE}/,/${EDATE}/p" ~/webhits/$FILE | wc -l but that doesn't work if the starting or the end date do not match exactly. If both dates match, there are no problems (for example 25 March 2008 -... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: oopcho
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello All,
I am new to this forum. I am currently facing a problem in manipulating files.
I have two files called old-matter and new-matter
# cat old-matter
abc: this, is a, sample, entry
byi: white board, is white in color
rtz: black, board is black
qty: i tried, a lot
asd: no... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: rahmathulla
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
are there any basic commands that can display lines 99 - 101 of the /etc/passwd file?
I'm thinking use of head and tail, but I forget what numbers to use and where to put /etc/passwd in the command. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: raidkridley
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to retrieve the lines which fall under the given date range.
eg:In a log file,i have the lines which will have the timestamp.
the input will be some date range.eg: from date:03/Jan/2008,to date:24/Jul/2008.so now i want to retrieve the lines
which have the timestamp between these... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sharmila_P
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have a file which consists of a number in the square brackets, followed by the blank line, then several lines which describe this number. This pattern is repeated several thousands time. The number in the brackets and the decription of it is unique. For example:
ASRVSERV=1241GD;... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: aoussenko
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
HI,
Your help was great: awk -F":" '$5 ~ /^P/{print }' file
I would like to know what changes need to be done to this line code, so that I can put it in a shell script and call it as the example below.
example: countries that start with chacater 'P'
> country P
Result:
... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: efernandes
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I have a file that has several values seperated by ":"
2006:John:Student:Football:Portugal:Cinema
2006:James:Engineer:Basket:Poland:Theatre
2007:Lucy:Diver:Gymnastic:England:Music
2007:Smith:Plumber:Basket:Spain:Poker
I need make a filter based on the 5th field to find countries that... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: efernandes
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