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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to check the condition of a variable before the script continues and it needs to match a specific pattern such as EPS-03-0 or PDF-02-1.
The first part is a 3 or 4 letter string followed by a hyphen, then a 01,02 or 03 followed by a hyphen then a 0 or a 1.
I know I could check for every... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: stormcel
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
I have a pattern matching problem in which i'm not sure how to attack.
Here is my problem:
I have a list of strings that appear in the following format:
String: LE_(1234 ABC)^2^ABC^DEFG
What i need to do is replace all the characters after the first ^ with blank. So the output... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: WongSifu
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys
I have the following case statement in my script:
case $pn.$db in
*?.fcp?(db)) set f ${pn} cp ;;
*?.oxa?(oxa) ) set oxa $pn ;;
esac
Can somebody help me to understand how to interpret *?.fcp?(db)) or *?.oxa?(oxa) ?
I cannot figure out how in this case pattern maching... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: aoussenko
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I inherited a script that contains the following sed command:
sed -n -e '/^.*ABCD|/p' $fileName | sed -e 's/^.*ABCD|//' | sed -e 's/|ABCD$//' > ${fileName}.tmp
What I'm wondering is whether ABCD has a special pattern matching value in sed, such as a character class similar or identical to .
... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: topmhat
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guys
I am trying to check if the pattern "# sign followed by one or several tabs till the end of the line" exists in my file. I am using the following query:
$ cat myfile | nawk '{if(/^#\t*$/) print "T"}'
Unfortunately it does not return the desired output since I know for sure that the line... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: aoussenko
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guys,
I am trying to setup a check for the string using an "if" statement. The valid entry is only the one which contain Numbers and Capital Alpha-Numeric characters, for example: BA6F, BA6E, BB21 etc...
I am using the following "if" constract to check the input, but it fails allowing Small... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: aoussenko
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am writing a simple log parsing system and have a question on pattern matching.
It is simply grep -v -f patterns.re /var/log/all.log
Now, I have the following in my logs
Apr 16 07:33:17 ad-font-dc1 EvntSLog: AD-FONT-DC1/NTDS ISAM (700) - "NTDS (384) NTDSA: Online defragmentation... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: wpfontenot
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys,
got a problem here with sed on the command line.
If i have a string as below:
online xx:wer:xcv: sdf:/asdf/http:https-asdfd
How can i match the pattern "http:" and replace the start of the string to the pattern with null?
I tried the following but it doesn't work:
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: DrivesMeCrazy
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys,
I have the following expression :
typeset EXBYTEC_CHK=`egrep ^"+${PNUM}" /bb/data/firmexbytes.dta`
can anybody please explain to me what
^"+${PNUM}"
stands for in egrep statement? Thanks -A (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: aoussenko
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
i can only find the first occurance of a pattern how do i set it to loop untill all occurances have changed.
#! /usr/bin/perl
use POSIX;
open (DFH_FILE, "./dfh") or die "Can not read file ($!)";
foreach (<DFH_FILE>) {
if ($_ !~ /^#|^$/) {
chomp;
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Optimus_P
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