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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I needed to extract some specific characters from a string based on user input. For example: After the script executes the user enters the following details:
Please enter the string: This is a shell script
Please enter the starting position: 11
Please enter the number of characters to be... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: ChandanN
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have something like this...
echo "teCertificateId" | awk -F'Id' '{ print $1 }' | awk -F'te' '{ print $2 }'
Certifica
the awk should remove 'te' only if it is present at the start of the string.. anywhere else it should ignore it.
expected output is
Certificate (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: vivek d r
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a file called file.txt
It contains strings:
ALT=someone@acme.com
TO=whoever@lalalulu.com
How could find and print the actual address after the = sign for any given instance? I need the command to print one of them - for example
someone@acme.com
But have in mind that this... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: svetoslav_sj
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi mates,
I am doing a script in ksh. I have the following string:
/opt/one/two/four/five/myFile.txt
And I have a variable:
echo "${variable}" -> /opt/one/two/
I would like to have just the string: four/five/myFile.txt
What is the better way to do that?
Thanks in... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: gonzaloron
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
This command:
du -s /Applications/TextMate.app
Returns an output like this:
65792 /Applications/TextMate.app
I need to delete the space and the file path in the output leaving just the number.
Thanks (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: pcwiz
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Dear all, will appreciate your help with this (supposedly simple) thing.
How to use sed to replace a part of string like this:
(TAGthenwhatever:
into (TAG:
meaning that '(TAG' (known, can be specified to sed and is marked with the '(' at the beginning) will stay and the 'thenwhatever'... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: roussine
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a string assinged to a varaible as below.
FILE=/var/adm/message
If $FILE is the value where it stores the path of message file.
I would like to extract the location of the file message as below
LOCATION=/var/adm
FILE may have value like /var/adm/xxxx/message
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: raghu.amilineni
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi
I have the input as follows
ABC =893
JKL = "jee"
alias PQR = 9833
alias STUVE = "kuiue"
I should be able to print as follows
ABC
JKL
alias PQR
alias STUVE
Thanks
Suresh (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: ssuresh1999
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all
suppose i have a string "abacus sabre", i need to replace occurences 'ab' with 'cd' and i need to store this result into same string and i need to return this result from script to the calling function, where as the string is passed from calling function.
i tried like this
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: veerapureddy
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
assuming "cat" is the pattern, string (regardless length)
asdadfcat4
I need to get 4
for eirtrjkkkcat678- I'd get 678
(in b-shell)
Thanks in advance!!! (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: bluemoon1
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