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Yes! Sorry i was lazy...

I do have one more question.

if [ outputfile.txt == outputfile2.txt ]; then
echo "same"
else
echo "different"


Does that check for the contents of the text...

I have a text file with only the command:

MyTextFile:

ls -l

in it..

So in my sript im trying..

sh MyTextFile.txt >> MyTextFile.txt

Just to overwrite and replace the command with...

sed '/^ *$/d'

With or w/o spaces it really just doesnt want to.

I have a sed pipeline:


myVar=$(cat $FILE | sed -n '/regex/,/regex/{/regex/d;p}' | sed -n '/regex/!p' | sed -e s/[^:]*:// | sed /regex/,+8d \
)


sed '/^$/d'
sed '/./!d'

And i've...

i might get in trouble if i post the actual text file and also the sed pipeline.
I think i have it figured out tho..And i dont want to quit until its done, so this is an all nighter for me..But as...

new line after X'th feild? in awk or sed or grep or ..

Eureka.

U guys make things way to complecated. hehe. i just used sed -n '1p' for the first line..
But im wondering..Is there a way to loop through so i dont have to use a different varaible for a...

Well, what im after is to use awk or sed ( awk might be easiest ) to print each line of the file sepearately.

awk $NF1 ( for line 1 )
awk $NF2 ( for line 2 )

i dont know the syntax for it..
...

Can i store the contents of the file into a varaible and still be able to delete blank lines? Thats what i've been trying

Running into a little problem with blank lines.

My file is of this format:

To number each line of the file i would use:


n=1
echo "$FILE" |
while read line
do
echo "$n) $line"...

oops i had it twice

Heres a more descriptive example of what im after..Below is the code that im trying to use:

[code]
sed -e s/[^:*/]*://
[code]

Im just piping that code with a command file using cat..My 'test...

see, im reading from a file, and these commands appear all bunched up. Theres no way i can read them seperately if their not on their own individual lines.

I have a strange problem that i really cant figure out!

i have several commands bunched together on a single line.

Is there a way i can put them on their own individual lines?

I have:
...

How about: This lol

Using the code posted above i would get, "This lol"
In some text files i would need How about
Is that possible with sed?

I have a nasty little problem here. I'll feel much better when this is out of my way.

I need to delete everything on the line before the first occurence of a ':'
But in some circumstances, i...

my script:


FILE="$1"
echo "You Entered $FILE"
if [ -f $FILE ]; then
tmp=$(cat $FILE | sed '/./!d' | sed -n '/regex/,/regex/{/regex/d;p}'| sed -n '/---/,+2!p' | sed -n '/#/!p' | sed 's/^[\...