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no, it's not an assignment.

string=$word

i used awk '/$word/' input_file but it failed

i have a file1 with many lines. i have a script that will let me input a string. for example, APPLE. what i need to do is to copy all lines from file1 where i can find APPLE or any string that i...

hi! i made an sql script but i do not know how to just output all the lines that starts with an specific string. and that string, you will input it before i run the sql

for example:

INPUT NAME:...

i have a file that looks like this

ABC123

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssffhhh


ABC234

EMPTY


ABC652

jhfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffkkkkkkkkkkkk



i want to grep "EMPTY"...

actually the original file looks like this

abc 123 2345
abc 2478
abc 4684
def 346 4793
def 3578
def 7832

hi all! i have a script with an output like this

abc 123 1246
abc 1386
abc 2589
abc 7383

what can i do if i want to fill the 2nd column with the 2nd string '123'

abc 123...

what if for example, i want to have 'NO' instead of '-'

thanks!

yes but i have this file named filter.awk which is composed of many if's. finding age is one of them

thanks hlash! but i already have a file filter.awk.. i'm just puzzled on how to putput "-" instead of just blank

i have a working file like this

name: xxxxx age :24
name: xyxyx age :35
name: yyyyy age : -

if (substr($3,1,3) == "age") {b=substr($4,2,2)}

the output should:

24
35
-
...

hi all! i have a file like this
lea 25 female
dave 18 male
jake 27 male

and i want to have an output file like this
my name is lea. i am 25. female
my name is dave. i am 18. male
my name is...

hi! can you please help me with this.. i have a more complicated problem now. my example can be found below:

CHILD'S NAME :John
FATHER'S NAME :Paul
MOTHER'S NAME :Mary
BIRTH DATE ...

hi! i researched about comparing two columns here and got an answer. but after examining my two files, i found out that the first columns of the two files are not unique with each other. all i want...

thanks a lot!

yes, i cant use substr and your syntax all together. thanks!

it worked! thanks!

but i do have a follow up inquiry. my raw data is like this:

123 456 ABS-05
UNIX C/-

i need a result like this:

UNIX 123 456


i used awk' ((substr...) to get 123...

thanks! but will it give the same results with:

cat file1 | awk '/\/-/{print $1}' >> file2

finding a string with another string is found

EX:

abs c/-

i want to find /-, then copy abs. i know it's easy use awk, but my problem is the substr syntax.

substr($2,2,2) will give me /-...

from my pc.

hi! thanks for the reply.

but what do you mean by control character?

i didn't use vi editor. i just ftp-ed it

hi! just want to seek help on this error: syntax error near unexpected token 'do

this is my script

# !/bin/sh
#


for y in 27 25
do
exemmlmx -c "ZEEI;" -n XRT$y >> blah
done

what can...