Shell Programming and Scripting

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y=$( awk -v val=$x '(/val/){getline;print $1}' filename   )

#!/bin/sh
# The usage of this script.
usage="Usage is $0"
usage="$usage [-a <file>]"
usage="$usage [-b <pass_word>]"
usage="$usage [-c <data>]"
 
if [ $# == 0 ]; then
echo "Invalid script invocation"
echo $usage
exit 1
fi
if [ $# != 3 ];then
echo "Not enough parameters passed."
echo $usage
exit !
fi
 
# Use the getopt utility to set up the command line flags.
set -- `/usr/bin/getopt a:b:c:d: $*`
# Process individual command line arguments
while [ $1 != -- ]; do
case $1 in
 
-a) dumpfile=$2
shift
;;
-b) word_passed=$2
shift
;;
-c) database=$2
shift
;;
 
esac
shift
done
 
x=`grep -ci 'word_passed' test.txt`