10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Extremely new to Perl scripting, but need a quick fix without using TEXT::CSV
I need to read in a file, pass any delimiter as an argument, and convert it to bar delimited on the output. In addition, enclose fields within double quotes in case of any embedded delimiters.
Any help would... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: JPB1977
2 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All-
We have a file data as below with delimiter as |#|
10|#|20|#|ABC
13|#|23|#|PBC
If I want to cut the 2nd field out of this, below command is not working as multiple pipe is causing an issue , it seems
cut -f2 -d"|#|" <file_name>
can you please help to provide the correct command... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: sureshg_sampat
7 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a No Delimiter variable length text file with following schema -
Column Name Data length
Firstname 5
Lastname 5
age 3
phoneno1 10
phoneno2 10
phoneno3 10
sample data - ... (16 Replies)
Discussion started by: Gaurav Martha
16 Replies
4. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have list of names in a text file and I wanted to delete the commas en every line.
for example: inside the text is a list of names in it with commas after each line. I wanted to delete these commas. which command must I execute for this?
unix,
dale,
shawn,
aaron, (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: garfish
4 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all,
suppose a string:
abc/def/ghi/jkl/mn.txt
and i want to get the file name without the path.
however, different files have different paths, therefore the number of delimiter is uncertain.
thanks so much! (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: sunnydanniel
3 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
HI,
I have a file like below
"103865","103835","Zming","","Zhu","103965","Sunnyvale","US",
"116228","116227","Morlla","","Kowalski","113228","Paese "(Treviso)""IT"
I want to validate the 7th column which is below.
"Sunnyvale"
"Paese
In the above 7th column Paese is not ended with... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: Krrishv
9 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to cut or otherwise get the 4th and 5th position output of
for i in `date +%H` ; do vnstat --dumpdb | grep "h;$i" ; done
example output is:
h;13;1310318701;443;93
I only need ";443;93" from any given run of "for i in `date +%H` ; do vnstat --dumpdb | grep "h;$i" ; done"
Thanks... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Habitual
3 Replies
8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Is there a way to use a word as a delimiter with cut? Or is there a way to use sed or awk with a word as a delimiter? I don't care which program I use for a delimiter I just want to use a word as a delimiter. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
2 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
How can i use the cut option to only output the number of rows, which is 2 is this case ? Pls note that the number of digit before the delimiter ":" is always varying.
$ grep -n uuu xxx
2:** xxx yyy gg 44 tt uuu 2007
$ (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Raynon
2 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to use \r as a delimiter in the -d option of the cut comand .
Any help ?
Thanks in advance .
SD (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: shweta_d
5 Replies
cut(1) General Commands Manual cut(1)
Name
cut - cut out selected fields of each line of a file
Syntax
cut -clist [file1 file2...]
cut -flist [-dchar] [-s] [file1 file2...]
Description
Use the command to cut out columns from a table or fields from each line of a file. The fields as specified by list can be fixed length,
that is, character positions as on a punched card (-c option), or the length can vary from line to line and be marked with a field delim-
iter character like tab (-f option). The command can be used as a filter. If no files are given, the standard input is used.
Use to make horizontal ``cuts'' (by context) through a file, or to put files together in columns. To reorder columns in a table, use and
Options
list Specifies ranges that must be a comma-separated list of integer field numbers in increasing order. With optional - indicates
ranges as in the -o option of nroff/troff for page ranges; for example, 1,4,7; 1-3,8; -5,10 (short for 1-5,10); or 3- (short
for third through last field).
-clist Specifies character positions to be cut out. For example, -c1-72 would pass the first 72 characters of each line.
-flist Specifies the fields to be cut out. For example, -f1,7 copies the first and seventh field only. Lines with no field delim-
iters are passed through intact (useful for table subheadings), unless -s is specified.
-dchar Uses the specified character as the field delimiter. Default is tab. Space or other characters with special meaning to the
shell must be quoted. The -d option is used only in combination with the -f option, according to XPG3 and SVID2/SVID3.
-s Suppresses lines with no delimiter characters. Unless specified, lines with no delimiters are passed through untouched.
Either the -c or -f option must be specified.
Examples
Mapping of user IDs to names:
cut -d: -f1,5 /etc/passwd
To set name to the current login name for the csh shell:
set name=`who am i | cut -f1 -d" "`
To set name to the current login name for the sh, sh5, and ksh shells:
name=`who am i | cut -f1 -d" "`
Diagnostics
"line too long" A line can have no more than 511 characters or fields.
"bad list for c/f option"
Missing -c or -f option or incorrectly specified list. No error occurs if a line has fewer fields than the list calls
for.
"no fields" The list is empty.
See Also
grep(1), paste(1)
cut(1)