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Old 11-12-2009
Parallel delete based flag from text file

Hi,
I need a unix shell script for this requirement and is URGENT
My input text file contains
A-1
B-1
C-1
D-2
E-2
F-3
G-3
H-3
I-3
J-4
K-4
L-5
My expected result should be:
if flag is 1, it has to delete A, B, C
if flag is 2, it has to delete D,E
if flag is 3, it has to delete F,G,H,I
if flag is 4, it has to delete J,K
if flag is 5, it has to delete L
(note: Deletion should happen in parallel and A to L are tables)
Example: if flag=1 then
delete from A
delete from B
delete from C
fi
..................
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Old 11-13-2009
Code:
echo "Pls input flag"
read flag
echo "Your input is $flag"
egrep -v $flag yourfile

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