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# 8  
Old 04-20-2010
Add set -vx in your script and then run to get the trace.
# 9  
Old 04-20-2010
i think the issue is i am already in a awk script, so it doesnt like me putting another awk, dont you think?
# 10  
Old 04-20-2010
You are right. You didnt explain in your post where you are going to replace your grep code.

Try this
Code:
ignre=${ignore[@]}
termReport.pl < $4 | dos2ux | head -2000 | awk -v ignre="${ignre}" -v searchStr="$2" '  BEGIN { foundTermEvent=0; 66 endMarker="'"${endMarker}"'"; } 
............
#{ print $2 } 
#print " ########################## " 
# fi

if ( ignre ~ searchStr ) { print "found $2 in array ignore[]" }
else { print "did not find $2 in array ignore[]"

# 11  
Old 04-20-2010
That cause data limitation issue. Here is what i see.
Last edited by usustarr; 05-28-2010 at 07:20 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 12  
Old 04-20-2010
What is the value of variable SCID_FM_AL ?

Can you show your modified script?
Last edited by anbu23; 04-20-2010 at 07:01 PM.. Reason: Missed variable name SCID_FM_AL
# 13  
Old 04-20-2010
Are you asking about SCID_FM_AL ? that is not even in this script. i am not sure how big that is. Here is the code.



---------- Post updated at 04:18 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:05 PM ----------

[/COLOR]All i am trying to do is to see if $2 (which i already read fine), is in my array(i also read fine). i have been working on this part for more than a day now and this isnt going any where good. May be i should do a while loop and see if i can do that. What do you think?
Last edited by usustarr; 05-28-2010 at 07:20 PM..
# 14  
Old 04-21-2010
There is a limitation of 399 bytes in AIX for length of Regular expression and literal strings.

Run this code outside awk and pass status to awk and print it based on foundTermEvent
Code:
if [ $(print - "${ignore[@]}" | grep -c "$2") -gt 0 ] ; 
then 
   status="found $2 in array ignore[]" 
else 
   status="did not find $2 in array ignore[]" 
fi
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