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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I need some help with this:
I'm making a script which does a couple of things with image files. The script is supposed to echo the number of each image it is processing like this:
Processing image1.jpgThe problem is with images with very long filenames, so I want to know how to limit the... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Shadow_Reaper
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm using a command that outputs the total size of the files that I've specified.
I'd like to introduce a character limit that appends an ellipsis to the lines that go beyond the specified amount.
du -chs {query} | sed 's!.*/!!' | awk '{print substr($0,0,25)""}'
That's what I have so far.... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Light_
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a script that outputs the weather on two lines.
If possibly I would like to set a character limit on them
Currently it outputs something like
but I would like to limit the lines so appends an ellipsis if nescessary:
This is the script
#! /bin/bash
curl -s --connect-timeout... (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Is there an input file memory limit for awk?
I have a 38Mb text file that I am trying to print out certatin lines and add a string to the end of that line.
When I excute the script on the 38Mb file the string I am adding is put on a new line. If I do the same with a smaller file the... (3 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have many problems with a script. I have a script that formats a text file but always prints the same error when i try to execute it
The code is that:
{
if (NF==17){
print $0
}else{
fields=NF;
all=$0;
while... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: fate
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
Second time to post on this group :)
I'm pulling my hair now 'coz I'm so dumb to produce this requirement.
Requirement: I want to run a utility by limiting the no. inside my process (mov##) to be able to use in multi streaming.
Here is my script:
--Input: "user_list.txt"... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: alvingo
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to use the following code:
awk '{s=$0;if(length(s) < 750){getline; s=s " " $0}printf("%s\n",s)}' filename
but an error shows that 'awk' is too long. Is there a limit to the awk length function? and what could be an alternate solution for long fixed width records?
The code... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: CKT_newbie88
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
My code is
awk '{
out=split(FILENAME,a,"/")
sub(/\./,"_",a)
sub(/\-/,"_",a)
NEWSTRING="main_"a"_"a"(" # The word we want to insert
gsub(/main\(/,NEWSTRING); # the word to be replaced
print "Main becomes ",NEWSTRING")","in file ",FILENAME >> "/home/ds2/test/NEW2.txt" ... (4 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello, i'm trying to figure out a way to limit the output from an SQL query that is counting the number of occurances of a value in a field and the problem is when i run this query against a huge file with many unique values the output is pretty huge.
Is there a way i can specifically LIMIT the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: bobk544
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello is there a way to limit the number of lines output by the DIFF command?
I tried -C 200 ect and -c but it continues to print out the whole huge file.
Reason needed is i'm trying to do alot of DIFFs on a long list of files and would like to only get back an indicator which files are... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: bobk544
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