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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I want to do caseless string comparision using test command
for eg: Ind_f="y"
test "$Ind_f" == "y|Y"
i tried , ** , nothing worked.
any thoughts on how to do case insensitive string comparison using test command without converting to any particular case using typeset or tr? (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kulasekar
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
Currently i am using
if( $0~/ NOT / && $0~/ NULL /)
{
.................
}
to check if the input record contains "NOT" and "NULL". But in some cases "NOT" and "NULL" are preceded and followed by tab. How do i find compare for these fields as well? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ysvsr1
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a string like ab or abc of whatever length. But i want to know whether another string ( for example, abcfghijkl, OR a<space> bcfghijkl ab<space> cfghijkl OR a<space>bcfghijkl OR ab<space> c<space> fghijkl ) starts with ab or abc... space might existing on the longer string... If so, i... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: nram_krishna@ya
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
have written a simple shell script to do some automation work. Basically the script searches for all the files in the current path and if the file is a specified one, it does some action. Below are the relevant lines ---
#!/bin/bash
1.for i in ls *
2.do
3.if
4.then .... //do something... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Dev_Sharma987
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am having difficulty to compare a string in a file against a date from a a table and print the latest date. Below are the values.
String in File : 2009-12-02 00:37:51
Value Table : 2010-01-10-02.00.49.294758
I have to compare both the values ( Ignore the Microsecond in the table... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: sam_78_nyc
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I would like to compare the 25th position of the file with the character '(' and if it is not equal then it would generate a mail. I have used the below if condition, however it is always executing the code within if, even the comparison is expected to return false.
if
Please help me... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kdheepan
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
i want to take position 19-24(only first line) from all files and need to compare any duplication is there or not.
If duplication, then i have to print the file names.
I have written to take the characters from 19-24 from all files. but how to compare ?
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: senthil_is
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I've to compare the number of records present in a file against its trailer count.
for ex:
rec_cnt=$(awk 'END{print NR}' file.txt)
trl_cnt=$(tail -1 file.txt| cut -c1-6)
problem is trailer is appended with zero's and while comparing it is giving problem.
i.e, rec_cnt=9 and... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ganapati
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guys,
I am new to scripting
I have written a code to compare strings,but I am getting some Exception
Code snippet:
MODE="D"
if ]; then
. $file1
fi
Error:
./BatchJobs.sh: [[: execute permission denied
I have given all Execute permissions to the script(chmod 755... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Anji
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Please find the attached scriplet and suggest me to fix the bug in this.
-----------------------------------
noofdirs=`ls *.tar | wc -l`
if ; then
let i=1
while ( $i <= $noofdirs ) ;
do
echo $i
mkdir $i
file1=`ls *.tar | head -1`
mv $file1 $i
i =... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sharif
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