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Hi,

I have realised that this script will create one output file which is the last entry in the input file. However, I need to create one óutput file for each line. The names of the output file need...

Ah... I have got it! the field separator should be IFS=";" format. Thanks a lot for the help!

I have checked the IFS. It is correct. I am confused :confused: :confused:

Hmm.. it seems like all the variables are not assigned. echo produce empty values through the while loop.

Hi,

I have tried with
function header {
echo "$HEADER" > $OUTPUTFILE
echo "$@" >> $OUTPUTFILE
echo "\">" >> $OUTPUTFILE
}

but the parameters are not parsed from the input to the ouput...

There are some changes in the requirements of the output file. One more fields needed.
There are also 2 more fields in the input file and the 2nd line is not needed.

This is what I have done:
...

Hi,

I couldn't get the 2nd field into the output file. Can you please advise on how to add the 2nd field and so on?

Hi,

I cannot install it because I am not the system admin. And I am using a server from the company. I guess I can't use Ruby. :(

I can't seem to use it in my unix interface. What should I do?

What is ruby command? When I tried to enter the command line you have written, it says "ruby:command not found"

Hi,

I am not sure how to start doing this so I hope to get some advice as to how to start.

I have 2 files. The source file contains data that I needed is in columns delimited by ";". For...

I have changed the script and it look like this now:

#!/usr/bin/ksh
. /opt/Modules/init/ksh

SF_BASAR=/opt/basar/silicon_foundry
UMC_MASK=/home/umc/dropbox/test...

Hi I have the following script and have problem debugging the problems. The function of this script is to make sure the entire file is being received (the filesize of a data is not changing after 20...

Hi all,

Thanks!. I used:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
egrep "$(<file2)" file1 > File3
mv -f file3 file1

and it works. However, when I tried to put into file1 and file2 irrrgular names, like...

Hi,

I tried what you have suggested and get the following:
% cat file1
item4
item5
% cat file2
item2
item3
item5
item6
% testscript
item5
% cat file1
item4
item5

but the contents...

hmm.. but I can't test this command in Unix?

This is what I get:

% cat file2
item2
item3
item5
item6
% cat file1
item4
item5

% egrep "$(<file2)" file1
Variable syntax


I am using unix to do this command

Hi, thanks for your help but when I tried to use this command, it say syntax error.

I tried using this command instead:

egrep "(<file2)" file1

but both the contents in file1 is not changed. ...

Hi,

I have 2 files with contents in them and I need to compare each item in each file.

File1:
item4
item5

File2:
item2
item3
item5
item6

The items names can be of different lengths....

Hi,

I tried with this:

sed '1h;g' $file > $TMP/field.A

and it seems ok.

May I know what is the difference with sed -n '1h;1!{g;p}' ?

Hi,

I have data in the following format:

data1
data2 data3 data4
data5 data6
data7 data8 data9
data10

I require the final output to be:

data1
data1
data1
data1

i...

Hi,

I have gotten help from another forum and it seems to be the correct method! It shd also be similar to what is being suggested in this thread too! I am pasting the code here so that in future,...

Hi,

Thanks all for the helpful solutions. The fields in each line are all starting in the same columns but they are of different lengths.

for example (ccc is the field length and bbb is the...

there are no patterns, because all the fields are numbers. they can either be blank or numbers.

however, the number of fields in each line is the same. i am not sure if this will be a helpful pt...

yes, exactly. the absence of field2 and 3 are not detected. thanks vino for explaining it :)