Shell Programming and Scripting

job_interno=`echo $log_exec | sed 's/.*Waiting for job \([^ to start]*\).*/\1/' `
#other stuff

numtimes=`echo $log_exec | grep "Waiting for job" | grep "to start" | wc -l

$ cat script.sh
a='Waiting for job YYYYYY to start
Waiting for job XXXXXX to start'

while read line; do
  echo "$line"
done <<<"$a"

$ bash script.sh
Waiting for job YYYYYY to start
Waiting for job XXXXXX to start

echo "$a" | while read line; do
  echo "$line"
done

a='LINE HELLO
Waiting for job XXXXXXX to start
LINE HOW ARE YOU DOING
LINE FINE
Waiting for job YYYYYY to start
Waiting for job ZZZZZZ to start
MORE LINES'

echo "$a" | while read line; do
  if echo "$line" | grep -q '^Waiting'; then
      echo "do something with '$line'"
  fi
done

#!/bin/bash

while read a b c d e f
do
    if [[ "$a $b $c" == "Waiting for job"  && "$e $f" == "to start" ]]
    then
        echo "$d"
    fi
done < file

XXXXXXX
YYYYYY
ZZZZZZ

log_exec=`$path_ds_ex/dsjob -logdetail $proyecto $job`
#(doing this because need to use this many times later on)
 
numtimes=`echo $log_exec | grep "Waiting for job" | grep "to start" | wc -l `
echo $numtimes

log_exec=`$path_ds_ex/dsjob -logdetail $proyecto $job`
 
numtimes=`$path_ds_ex/dsjob -logdetail $proyecto $job | grep "Waiting for job" | grep "to start" | wc -l `
echo $numtimes

echo "$log_exec" | while read a b c d e f; do
  if [[ "$a $b $c" == "Waiting for job"  && "$e $f" == "to start" ]]
    then
        echo "$d"
    fi
done