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Old 10-15-2009
Search for awk pattern in unix env variable
For a Script I need to detemine which field of the unix environment variable SHLIB_PATH has the
WALTDB entry.

Code:
export SHLIB_PATH=/usr/user5/WALTDB/oracle/product/10.2.0/lib32:/usr/TZD/bin.wdad/mug/oracle/lib:

Code:
echo $SHLIB_PATH | awk -F: '{ print $1 }'

Shure gives me the first entry, but maybe it can be the second entry in all of the fields.

What I want is to split the line with the : entries and search for the string WALTDB.

Code:
echo $SHLIB_PATH | awk -F":" '{/P1VPMHAM/;print}'

gives me again the original string:
Code:
/usr/user5/WALTDB/oracle/product/10.2.0/lib32:/usr/TZD/bin.wdad/mug/oracle/lib:

Howto give a search pattern to awk what in result should only print:
Code:
/usr/user5/WALTDB/oracle/product/10.2.0/lib32

Last edited by sdohn; 10-15-2009 at 01:25 PM..
# 2  
Old 10-15-2009
Code:
echo $SHLIB_PATH | awk -F: '{ for (a=1; a <=NF ; ++a){if ($a~/WALTDB/){print $a}} }'

# 3  
Old 10-15-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by sidorenko
Code:
echo $SHLIB_PATH | awk -F: '{ for (a=1; a <=NF ; ++a){if ($a~/WALTDB/){print $a}} }'

Thanks user sidorenko thas was exactly what I'm looking for. Smilie

brgds from

sdohn
# 4  
Old 10-15-2009
you are welcome or rather nichts zu danken Smilie
# 5  
Old 10-15-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by sidorenko
Code:
echo $SHLIB_PATH | awk -F: '{ for (a=1; a <=NF ; ++a){if ($a~/WALTDB/){print $a}} }'

So I'm a step further now. But what if the Keyword to search for is another environment variable like:

Code:
 
SHLIB_PATH=/usr/user5/WALTDB/oracle/product/10.2.0/lib32:/usr/TZD/bin.wdad/mug/oracle/lib: ; export SHLIB_PATH
ORACLE_SID="WALTDB" ; export ORACLE_SID

echo $SHLIB_PATH | awk -v myvar=$ORACLE_SID -F: '{ for (a=1; a <=NF ; ++a){if ($a~/myvar/){print $a}} }'

The myvar assigned variable seemes not to function in this case.

regards, sdohn
# 6  
Old 10-15-2009
The expression in slashes is interpreted literally, try
Code:
...if ($a ~ myvar )...

# 7  
Old 10-15-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by sidorenko
The expression in slashes is interpreted literally, try
Code:
...if ($a ~ myvar )...

Yes so it works now for me in this way:

Code:
 
echo $SHLIB_PATH | awk -v Search=$ORACLE_SID -F: '{ for (a=1; a <=NF ; ++a){if ($a ~ Search){print $a}} }'

Greetings from germany
sdohn
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