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1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
I want to add prefix and suffix on line# 205 using SED or AWK and want to change on the same file without creating new file.
This command will be used in the bash script
Am using Bash shell
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Nayaj (3 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
i would like to format the 9 character with suffix as "0".
i tried below it doesn't work.
>a=12345
> echo $a | awk '{printf "%-09s\n",$1}'
>12345
required output is 123450000
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
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aaa_b_cwith _ field separator, output:
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I'm new about shell scripting, and I need to do something like
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by
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I know that command sed helps about change one string by another, but I dont know how to keep whatever is inside **_** and replace * with '.
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6. Linux
Hello,
I am a newbie to linux and struggling to find a better way to append a column in a text file.
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
test.txt contains below values
1
2
3
4
5
Desired output:
'TT.1',
'TT.2',
'TT.3',
'TT.4',
'TT.5'
Last value should not contain the comma after the value. Below is the script which i have tried. I'm using Linux.
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I need some help with adding lines to file and substitute a pattern.
Ok I have a file:
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name: John Doe
stationed: 1
name: Michael Sweets
stationed: 41
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And would like to change it to:
name: John Doe
employed
permanently
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a variable, which contains comma separated values. Something like.
StringA="abc,def,ghi,jkl"
I want to apply prefix and suffix to each value in the string without using any loops.
Say if Prefix is Pre_ and Suffix is _Suf then I need to get
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