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# 1  
Old 09-27-2010
Find a word in input file
Hi,

I had a input file containing,
Code:
abcdefghij;20100903040607;1234567891;GLOBAL;
abc123;20100903040607;12345;09;thestdf;
def456;20100903040607;67891;04;bnkim;

I need to search word GLOBAL in my file.
If it is found then
do something
else
do other thing

How can i write if loop for this criteria in .ksh file?
Last edited by Franklin52; 09-27-2010 at 06:56 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags!
# 2  
Old 09-27-2010
Use our search function right above:

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Regards
# 3  
Old 09-27-2010
I updated code with,
Code:
grep -i "GLOBAL" FILE
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "grep successful"
 else
  echo "unsucessful"
fi

but receiving error as ,
Code:
grep: 0652-033 Cannot open FILE.

Please help me out to resolve this error.
Last edited by Scott; 09-27-2010 at 08:24 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 4  
Old 09-27-2010
What does this command tell you?
Code:
ls -l FILE

# 5  
Old 09-27-2010
Code:
-rwxr--r--   1 alf      archive          45 Sep 27 11:21 MigBIOS.CR.GLOBAL.0100924021422.CSV

Last edited by Scott; 09-27-2010 at 08:25 AM..
# 6  
Old 09-27-2010
So your command is:
Code:
grep -i "GLOBAL" MigBIOS.CR.GLOBAL.0100924021422.CSV

and the error message is:
Code:
grep: 0652-033 Cannot open MigBIOS.CR.GLOBAL.0100924021422.CSV

Is that correct?
# 7  
Old 09-27-2010
YES. Thats the one.
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