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Old 01-19-2011
something odd with my awk script
The code I am using
Code:
#!/bin/sh

for FILE in *.cfg; do
awk '{
  print;
if ($1 == "host_name") store_name = $2;


if ($1 == "register") { printf("\t\t parents\t\t\t %s-ilo\n", store_name); }

}' "$FILE" > ../new-files/hosts/$FILE

sed -i -e "s/notification_options.*/notification_options \t\t d,u/g" ../new-files/hosts/$FILE


done

Most of the output files are correct with the "parents" line like this
Code:
parents             yuma-065wm-ilo

But some are ending up like this
Code:
-ilo         parents             airacademy-834

anyone know why this is happening and how to solve it?


Sample of the files I am running against

Code:
define host {
          host_name               yuma-065wm
          alias                    yuma-065wm
          address               xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
          check_command                check-host-alive
          max_check_attempts           5
          check_interval           5
          active_checks_enabled           1
          passive_checks_enabled      1
          check_period                24x7
          obsess_over_host           1
          check_freshness           1
          event_handler_enabled           1
          process_perf_data           1
          retain_status_information      1
          retain_nonstatus_information      1
          contact_groups           admins-Email
          notification_interval           120
          notification_period           24x7
          notification_options          d,r,u
          notifications_enabled           1
          register                1
}

Thanks

---------- Post updated at 01:06 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:54 PM ----------

^M that was the issue... dos end-of-file characters

so I ran this

Code:
for f
 do
 mv $f ${f}~ && tr -d "\r" <${f}~ >$f
 rm ${f}~
 done

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