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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a file which I am reading and looking for "EXIT" statement. I want to insert ":JCWPROD" after each EXIT statement only if ":JCWPROD" doesn't exist.
Here is the sample file :
EXIT
Testing
EXIT
tesing123
EXIT
Desired file :
EXIT
:JCWPROD
Testing
EXIT
:JCWPROD... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: nua7
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello, I'm new to command line coding (and coding in general) and have run into a problem. I'm using awk to perform a global find and replace in a text file in the Terminal provided by Mac.
Here is a sample of my textfile where the fields are separated by tabs.
1Ps 1,1 VWB/(J VWB VWB... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: jvoot
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I'm trying the solve the following problem.
I have a file which I intend to use as a csv called master.csv
The columns are separated by commas.
I want to change the text on a specific row in either column 3,4,5 or 6 from xxx to yyy depending upon if column 1 matches a specified pattern.... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: cyphex
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a file which contains a list of paths separated by a new line character.
e.g
/some/path/to/a/file.png
/some/path to/another/file.jpeg
/some path/to yet/another/file
Notice that these paths may contain metacharacters, the spaces for example are also not escaped.
If I wanted... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cue
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
How could we take the value of awk variables out to shell?
I know the following methods
1. awk '{print $1}' < file | read a
echo $a
2. a=`awk '{print $1}' < file`
echo $a
Please let me know if there are any other methods.
Also, how do we take more than 1 variable value... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Thumban
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6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
I need to extract all the content between two strings stored in two variables "startstring" and "endstring"
startstring=hello
enstring=world
#notworking
awk '/$startstring/, $NF ~ /$endstring/ ' file > file2
The above code is not working with variables. It works when actual string... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jeanjkj
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have been trying to use awk with variables that needs to search for a pattern and replace it with another pattern, the patterns are supplied in a variable. I have tried several different ways without success and hope that someone can help me. Here are the details
echo $UPC
07007457809... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jerardfjay
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, I've been trying to figure out how to use variables inside the AWK command and use it back in the korn shell sript.
in my script I have lots of awk commands like this
grep Listen /etc/ssh/sshd_config | \
awk '{ if ($2 == "22" ) print "OK";
else print "not OK"
}'
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mirusko
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear Folks,
I have a command output something like:
And I want to store PIN0 and SIG0 in two shell variables, now I do a double awk:
PIN=`gsmctl -d /dev/ttyS0 pin sig | awk '/PIN0/ { print $2}'`
SIG=`gsmctl -d /dev/ttyS0 pin sig | awk '/SIG0/ { print $2}'`
It's possible to... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Santi
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Oh its not my day for syntax...
cat gzipsize.txt | awk '{print "echo",$1,$2} > master.txt
I have read a lot about the awk -v but haven't been able to get it to work. I have a variable in my script and I'm looking just to push it into the awk after the $2 (or anywhere would do)!!!
Every... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: nortypig
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