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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Heyas
Recently i wanted to help someone with an awk script, but the end-script didnt work as expected.
He wanted, if HOME was empty, to get the HOME of the current USER from /etc/passwd.
At first i tried hardcoded with root:
awk -F: '/^root/ {print $6}' /etc/passwd
As that worked, i've... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: sea
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello
I am working on a Change request and Stuck at a point. The below awk command is used in the function.
float_test ( ) {
echo | awk 'END { exit ( !( '"$1"')); }'
}
I understand that awk 'END' is used to add one line at the end and exit is used to end the script with an error... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: rahul2662
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I found this on an awk site and would like to know what it does:
/CARS/{x="";next} {if(x)print x;x=$0} END{if(x)print x}'
Does it mean if it finds the word cars it skips that line and then prints the next one? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: newbie2010
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Experts,
I was looking at the below link, for finding words next to it, And unable to understand this syntax:
Can any one please explain , what is meaning of this code:
if ( F )
s = s ? s OFS $i : $i
from:... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: rveri
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Could somebody help me in understanding the following awk expression:
awk -v n="POINT" '/%/{print $0 "\n" n ;next}1' < file name
Thanks,
Arun (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: arun_maffy
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am doing this:
ll -tr | awk '{print $6, $7, $8, $9}'
the result is:
Dec 30 2008 text1.txt
Mar 4 2009 text2.txt
Apr 10 2009 text3.txt
and now I want to show the content of $9 using below:
ll -tr | awk '{print $6, $7, $8, $9}' ; '{cat $9}' (25 Replies)
Discussion started by: messi777
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
i am analyzing a query written by another developer ,need to understand part of script
am looking at a code ..and it converts comma files to pipe delimited and also takes away quotes from any columns,
source field format: 2510,"Debbie",NewYork
changes to
target: 2510|Debbie|NewYork
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: coolrock
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Im trying to use cat and awk to calculate the total space, then display it using the print command. But something in my script is not correct?
cat | awk '{print$1}' | sort -n | grep -v used | awk '{sum += $1} END { p
rint sum;}'
??? Any help would be greatly appreciated!! (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: bigben1220
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello Friends,
I am new to the scripting & have to analyze bunch of regular production scripts. It has .ksh which calls on the .awk script having many functions
I need to understand and debug the scripts ASAP
Can anybody please let me know as how can I debug, I want to see the flow of code... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: amberj123
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
Can anybody tell the difference between Difference between cat , cat > , cat >> and touch command in UNIX?
Thanks (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: skyineyes
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