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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hi,
I've a requirement like, in a csv file of 30+ fields where all the columns are having double quotes I need to remove the double quotes from certain fields and certain field should remain as it is.
Eg:... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Krishnanth S
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a file with random characters where every time a char occurs twice, one occurrence must be removed.
Eg.
asjkdhaSSd
Must become:
asjkdhaSd
Anybody has a SED script in mind to do it? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: rlopes
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I Want to remove all the sub-directories except latest five in any given TGTDIR.
Is there a way to do so without making a cd to TGTDIR?
I have tried the following but not worked.
Thank you.
rm -rf `ls -t $TGTDIR | awk 'NR>5'` (20 Replies)
Discussion started by: Devendra Hupri
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am little new to forum and new on unix side. I have a small issue below:
I am reading a file that has 5 columns something like below.
col1,col2,col3,col4,col5
Some records are having double quoted values something like below:
"value1","value2","value3","value4","value5"
I need... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Saanvi1
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I have a huge file which has Lacs of lines. File system got full.
I want your guys help to suggest me a solution so that I can remove all lines from that file but not last 50,000 lines. I want solution which can remove lines from existing file so that I can have some space left with. (28 Replies)
Discussion started by: prashant2507198
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Experts ,
we have a CDC file where we need to get the latest record of the Key columns
Key Columns will be CDC_FLAG and SRC_PMTN_I
and fetch the latest record from the CDC_PRCS_TS
Can we do it with a single awk command.
Please help.... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: vijaykodukula
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I would like to know how to replace a space delimiter with a ^_ (\037) delimiter and a double quote delimiter while maintaining the spaces inside the double quotes. The double quote delimiter is only used on text fields.
I'd prefer a one-liner, but could handle a function or script that accepts... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: SteveDWin
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I want to remove the comma which is present within the double quoted string. All other commas which is present outside double quotes should be present.
Input : a,b,"cc,dd,ee",f,ii,"jj,kk",mmm
output : a,b,"ccddee",f,ii,"jjkk",mmm (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohan_tuty
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
A Triva question.
What is the easy way to remove the double quotes in the file in the following format.
"asdfa","fdgh","qwer"
tr -d '\"' <filename >newfilename
mv newfilename oldfilename
This need to be handled in a script. Any better way to do this. Will sed be more effecient?
One... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: deepakwins
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Would appreciate if someone could help me with the following requirement.
Say I have a directory where a file called abc_$timestamp.txt is created couple of times in a day.
So this directory would have files like
abc_2007-03-28-4-5-7.txt
abc_2007-03-28-3-5-7.txt... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: hyennah
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