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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
i am having file like this
#!/bin/bash
read -p 'Username: ' uservar
match='<color="red" />'
text='this is only a test
so please be patient
<color="red" />'
echo "$text" | sed "s/$match/&$uservar\g"
so desireble output what i want is if user type MARIA
this is only a test
so please... (13 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to allow a user to enter in text and then store that text in a variable $gene to run in an awk command in which those values are used to run some calculations. I am getting syntax errors however, when I try. Thank you :).
The awk runs great if it is a pre-defined file that is used,... (7 Replies)
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3. Homework & Coursework Questions
Good Evening. I'm new to C. Can you please help me.
I'm creating an error checking function, user will input a string, this will check if the input is all alphabet or all letters only. If there is a digit or other special char, it will print Error then ask input from user again.
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have a script which takes input from user, if user gives either Y/y then it should continue, else it should quit by displaying user cancelled.
#!/bin/sh
echo " Enter your choice to continue y/Y OR n/N to quit "
read A
if
then
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have code that accepts input from a user, and when the user hits enter it is supposed to delete that whole line from the file.
echo "Which record? "
read record
sed '/$record/d' file
However, it does not delete it. Any help? (1 Reply)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
echo "Enter file name of input file list along with absolute path : "
read inputFileList
if
then
for string in `cat inputFileList`
do
echo $string
done
else
echo " file does not exist"
fi
From the above code, if the user enters a invalid file... (1 Reply)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
1_strings file contains
$ cat 1_strings
/home/$USER/Src
/home/Valid
/home/Review$ cat myxml
<projected value="some string" path="/home/$USER/Src">
<input 1/>
<estimate value/>
<somestring/>
</projected>
<few more lines >
<projected value="some string" path="/home/$USER/check">... (4 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have input file with below content:
Person:
Name: Firstname1 lastname1
Address: 111, Straat
City : Hilversum
Person:
Name : Fistname2 lastname2
Address: 222, street
Cit: Bussum
Person:
Name : Firstname2 lastname3
Address: 333, station straat
City: Amsterdam
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
am a windows Prof .... i deside to go with the UNIX .... but how can i start ......plz help me ........ (1 Reply)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a shell script to build components of a product. The follow snippet will explain what I am doing.
# !/bin/sh
for choice in "$@" ;
do
case $choice in
"o") echo "Calling $choice" ; o ;;
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