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# 8  
Old 10-18-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by hihihehe
and what actually done < 'file" means?
Here, another simple example:
Code:
while read line; do
    echo "${line}"
done < 'file'

That loop reads every line from the 'file'. You sort of 'include' the file within the loop.
Quote:
Originally Posted by hihihehe
but i don't understand how it read the line like 2nd and 3rd line if the string is matched.
I simply read line twice in a row =)
If you want to be more flexible, you can:
Code:
    if [ "A: "${input} = "${line}" ]; then 
        read line2; read line3; 
        #echo or another thing to do with both lines
        echo "${line2}"; echo "${line3}"
    fi

Hope you understand a bit more :)

Last edited by tukuyomi; 10-18-2009 at 05:49 AM..
# 9  
Old 10-18-2009
hmm..now i get it. thanks

but can I use that method to modify my data?
# 10  
Old 10-18-2009
Mmm, you'll want to use sed or any command with something like:
Code:
line2=$(echo "${line2}" | sed 'script')

Now, to get it back to the file, I think of saving your modifications in a temporary file, but there sure must be a more elegant method Smilie
# 11  
Old 10-18-2009
hmm..i tried it but get error:
syntax error at line 73: `line3=$' unexpected

Like this, I will prompt user to input the string inside the A: field.
if the string match with A: field then will prompt user to enter new string that need to replace for C: field.
# 12  
Old 10-18-2009
Code:
#!/bin/sh

read -p'A input: ' inputA

while read line; do
    if [ "A: "${inputA} = "${line}" ]; then 
        read lineB; read lineC
        match='true'
        break
    fi
done < 'file'

if [ ${match} = 'true' ]; then
    read -p'input C: ' inputC
    sed -i 's/'"${lineC}"'/C: '"${inputC}"'/' 'file'
fi

exit 0

Well, as far as I tested, it works for me.

If A: matches, then we read lineB and lineC, we set a variable match and we break the while loop
if match is true (A: = Hi or second), then we read inputC from the user and we replace the actual line in the file (make a backup in case it does not work as you want)
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