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# 1  
Old 09-19-2009
Question AWK : copy file with changes
Hi,

I am seeking help to copy a file - with the changes (not just the changes) - to a new file. I have a text file that contains numerous lines of text as given below -
Name ABC.DEF.GHI Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(xyz)
#Name ABC.DEF.GHI Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(xyz)
Name GHI.JKL.MNO Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(abc)
#Name GHI.JKL.MNO Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(abc)
I wish to copy the <infile> to <outfile> with some changes, say using the following -
grep ABC <file> | grep CONN | grep -v "#" | sed /s/xyz/abc > [outfile]

But the above line copies only the fetched & amended data to the new file. But, I want to copy all the lines + the amendments that I make.

Can someone help me on this? Thanks a bunch in advance.
# 2  
Old 09-19-2009
awk can do...
Code:
awk '!/^#/&&/ABC/&&/CONN/{gsub(/xyz/,"abc")}1' filename

# 3  
Old 09-19-2009
Hi Vidyadhar,

I will check that out. Thank You.
# 4  
Old 09-25-2009
Hi,

No the above awk line did not work. It throws "awk : syntax error". However, I removed the gsub function and used {print $0} instead and it returns the correct line. But, substitution is NOT working. Can u plz check ?

Thanks a lot.
# 5  
Old 09-25-2009
Its working fine in AIX.. which OS are u using??
Code:
home/> cat vv
Name ABC.DEF.GHI Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(xyz)
#Name ABC.DEF.GHI Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(xyz)
Name GHI.JKL.MNO Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(abc)
#Name GHI.JKL.MNO Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(abc)
home/> awk '!/^#/&&/ABC/&&/CONN/{gsub(/xyz/,"abc")}1' vv
Name ABC.DEF.GHI Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(abc)
#Name ABC.DEF.GHI Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(xyz)
Name GHI.JKL.MNO Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(abc)
#Name GHI.JKL.MNO Adrs (tcp) Port (53) CONN(abc)

# 6  
Old 09-25-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by gowri_g_s
Hi,

No the above awk line did not work. It throws "awk : syntax error". However, I removed the gsub function and used {print $0} instead and it returns the correct line. But, substitution is NOT working. Can u plz check ?

Thanks a lot.
use nawk on your system, will fix your problem.

Code:
nawk '!/^#/&&/ABC/&&/CONN/{gsub(/xyz/,"abc")}1'

# 7  
Old 09-25-2009
Hi Vidhyadhar,
I use Solaris 10.

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Hi rdcwayx,
nawk worked well in the example above.

But, It did not work with the following line,
DEFINE CHNL(TO.ABC.DEF) CHLTYPE(SDR) XMITQ(ABC.TRANS.Q) TRPTYPE(tcp) CONNAME('abcghij.pqr.com(1010)') REPLACE

I wanted to repalce the abcghij after CONNAME to say, pqrstuv.
I really cant figure it out why it did not work. Sorry for the trouble.

Thanks a bunch to both of you.
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