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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello all,
i am trying to match a string and based on that proceed with my script or error out...
i have a file called /tmp/sta.log that will be populated by oracle's spooling..it can
have a output of either 2 of the below (OPEN or errors/ORACLE not avaiable)
$ cat /tmp/sta.log
OPEN
$
$... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: abdul.irfan2
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a string
joe-dimech-varp123.23-drw.msf
peter-erch-varp2.23-drw.msf
pawlu-donje-seru-varp3123.23-drw.msf
I want to remove the entry containing the varp tag (The varp is followed by a number)
I want to get
joe-dimech-drw.msf
peter-erch--drw.msf
pawlu-donje-seru-drw.msf (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: kristinu
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
i want to know how to compare string of file with input string
im trying following code:
file_no=`paste -s -d "||||\n" a.txt | cut -c 1`
#it will return collection number from file
echo "enter number"
read " curr_no"
if ; then
echo " current number already present"
fi
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: a_smith
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a string like ab or abc of whatever length. But i want to know whether another string ( for example, abcfghijkl, OR a<space> bcfghijkl ab<space> cfghijkl OR a<space>bcfghijkl OR ab<space> c<space> fghijkl ) starts with ab or abc... space might existing on the longer string... If so, i... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: nram_krishna@ya
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a requirement of shell script where i need to read the File name i.e ls -t | head -1 and Match that Filename with some delimited values which are in a separate File.
For Example i am reading the File name i.e (ls -t | head -1) after that i need to read one more sequential file which... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: dsdev_123
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
OS=HP-UX ksh
The following works, except I want to include the <start> and <end> in the output.
awk -F '<start>' 'BEGIN{RS="<end>"; OFS="\n"; ORS=""} {print $2} somefile.log'
The following work in bash but not in ksh
sed -n '/^<start>/,/^<end>/{/LABEL$/!p}' somefile.log (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Ikon
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
i have a program where i have to get a character from the user and check it against the word i have and then replace the character in a blank at the same position it is in the word. (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: nehaquick
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
for a certain directory, I want to grep a particular file called ABCD so what I do is
ls /my/dir | grep -i "ABCD" | awk '{print $9}'
however, there is also this file called ABCDEFG, the above command would reurn both file when I only want ABCD, please help! (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mpang_
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys, I hope you can help me with my problem.
I have a text file that contains lines like this:
78 ANGELO -809.05
79 ANGELO2 -5,000.06
I need to find all occurences of amounts that are negative and replace them with x's
78 ANGELO xxxxxxx
79... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: amangeles
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
how to match an alphanumeric string like the following.
i have to do like the following.
if the input line is
the data is {clock_91b}
i have to replace that with
the string was ("clock_91b")
i tried like
$line =~ s/the data is\s+\{(+)\}/the string was \(\"$1\"\)/
which... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: sskb
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