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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have a program that spits out a certain number of values. i dont know the number of values. they can be 4, 10, 7, 20, no idea.
but, i want to be able to assign each of the value returned by this program to a variable.
in the latest instance, the program gave the following 6 values:
4... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: SkySmart
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey guys. Below is the command I am using to assign "yellow" to the variable yellow. I can seem to echo it out using xargs but when I assign it to yellow and then try to echo it out it prints a blank line.
Below is the command. Your help is highly appreciated!
cut -c 2- color.txt |... (11 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
so i've been used to doing it this way:
SVAL=$(echo "7 3 2 38 3" | awk '{print $2}')
4VAL=$(echo "4:21:N:3" | awk -F":" '{print $4}')
I know there's a way to do it by putting the value in an array and assigning it that way. but i'm not sure how to do it efficiently. any ideas? i dont... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: SkySmart
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys,
I'm currently writing a script for automating a FreeBSD ZFS setup (ZFSonRooT). I got stuck at one point for raidz(1,2 a.k.a raid5,6) and am in need of assistance.
This is what I need. example:
#!/bin/sh <- must stay sh
echo -n "hdd list: "
read hdd_list
echo -n "hdd label list:... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: da1
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello
I have a text file with the next pattern
Name,Year,Grade1,Grade2,Grade3
Name,Year,Grade1,Grade2,Grade3
Name,Year,Grade1,Grade2,Grade3
I want to assign to external variables the grades using the awk method.
After i read the file line by line in order to get the grades i use this
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Spleshmen
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
file.txt : is delimiter:
abc:def:ghi
jkl:mno: pqr
123:456:789
if I do the cut command, and cut the first column, and echo it out
I will get the output:
abc
jkl
123
How can I assign the column of text that I've cut into Array?
e.g If I were to echo array array it will output as:... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: andylbh
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a file like the following...
CUST=
DIR=
NULIST=
name=philps_123
How can i add values to each of these unassigned variables using a shell script?
say for eg: i have values for CUST as onida, dir as /dir/onida, NULIST as /tmp/onida_files. How can i add these values to... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: Tuxidow
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am new to UNIX Scripting. I have been trying to use the CUT command to retrieve part of the header from a file and assign it to a variable. I have tried searching a lot, but I am still unsuccessful.
Sample Header: HJAN BALANCE 20090616
I need to retrieve the date here, which always... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: ragz_82
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a bash script that accepts some parameters as input, like:
sh script.sh first second third .....
I want to save these parameters as different variables, something like:
VAR1=first
VAR2=second
etc
I tried this, but apparently it didn't worked....... (16 Replies)
Discussion started by: giorgos193
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
i need to seperate values seperated by delimiters and assign it to an array.. can u plz help me on that.
Variables = "asd,rgbh,(,rty,got,),sroe,9034,"
i need to assign the variables into arrays..
like..
var=asd
var=rgbh.. and so on
how do i do this. i need to reuse the values stored in... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Syms
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