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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
In the below bash I am trying to read each file from a specific directory into a variable REF or VAL. Then use those variables in an awk to compare each matching file from REF and VAL. The filenames in the REF are different then in the VAL, but have a common id up until the _ I know the awk portion... (15 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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2. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I was trying a shell script. I was unable to store file contents to a variable in the script. I have tried the below but unable to do it.
Input = `cat /path/op.diary`
Input = $(<op.diary)
I am using ksh shell. I want to store the 'op.diary' file contents to the variable 'Input'... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: am24
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have a below syntax its working fine...
var12=$(ps -ef | grep apache | awk '{print $2,$4}')
Im getting expected output as below:
printf "%b\n" "${VAR12}"
dell 123
dell 456
dell 457
Now I wrote a while loop.. the output of VAR12 should be passed as input parameters to while loop and results... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: sam@sam
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am working on a script for Mac OS X that, among many other things, gets a list of all the installed Applications. I am pulling the list from the system_profiler command and formatting it using grep and awk. The problem is that I want to be able to use each result individually later in the script.... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: cranfordio
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all, im having snags creating a variable which uses commands like cut and grep. In the instance below im simply trying to take a value from another file and assign it to a variable. When i do this it only prints the $a rather than the actual value. I know its simple but does anyone have any... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: somersetdan
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi folks,
I'm using bash and would like to do the following. I would like to read some values from the file and store it in the variable and use it.
My file is 1.txt and its contents are
VERSION=5.6
UPDATE=4
I would like to read "5.6" and "4" and store it in a variable in shell... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: scriptfriend
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
There is a file named file.txt whose contents are:
+-----------------------------------+-----------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+
| Aborted_clients | 0 |
| Aborted_connects | 25683... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: proactiveaditya
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm sure this is a simple thing but I can't figure it out. In a script that I'm writing, I'd like to be able to store each line of output from "ls -l" into a variable. Ultimately I'd like to end up with something like:
for a in `ls -l`
do something with $a
doneBut that's reading each... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ewoods
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I m new to this forum.
I ma facing onei issue.
I have something like this:
length= wc -l < b2| awk '{print $1}'
where b2 is filename having detauls like:
cat b2
abc1
abc4
xyc3
sbdghf4
but when I do echo "$length" it displays nothing
Also I am using awk to overcome... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: student2009
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Everyone,
I have a code which requires to be stored in different variables and I am achiving it like this.
HOST=`echo $RMP | cut -f2 -d:`
NAME=`echo $RMP | cut -f3 -d:`
DIR=`echo $RMP | cut -f4 -d:`
TYPE=`echo $RMP | cut -f5 -d:`
Is there any other way of storing value... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gehlnar
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