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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
i am trying to
insert text at the beginning of every even number line
with awk
i can do it with odd number lines
with this command
awk 'NR%2{$0="some text "$0}1' filehow can i edit this command
thanks (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: bob123
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a file which has data like
a,b
c,d
e,f
g,h
And I need to insert a new column at the begining with sequence no( 1 to n)
1,a,b
2,c,d
3,e,f
4,g,h
Please let me know how to acheive this in unix (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: weknowd
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a file like this.
It is tab delimited.
Unfortunately, the missing data was filled in with a period "." (see the leading lines 1-5 columns)
I want to substitute the periods for misisng data with an integer "-999".
however, I do not want the global replace to change the other periods seen... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: genehunter
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am new to unix. I need to insert a variable which contains some lines of text into a text file after fixed number of lines..
Please help me on this..
Thanks in Advance,
Amrutha (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: amr89
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
My input file:
Class
Number Position Range
1 Initial 50
1 Initial 50
2 Terminal 150
2 Terminal 20
2 Single 10
3 Single 20
4 Double 50
5 Initial 50
5 Initial 60
Class
Number... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: patrick87
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to insert the output of a script into a specific line number of a txt file.
I've read the Sed man page and searched the forums and it's not immediately clear how I would go about doing this. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: pluto7777
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I work in ksh88 and have a file which has several "set -A " statements:
set -A PNUM_LSTM 2713 4124 2635 270 2529 2259 2214
set -A PNUM_LSTM $*
for pn in ${PNUM_LSTM}
etc...
I need to add another number, lets say 555, to the first line ONLY so only the
the first line will be updated... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: aoussenko
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I wrote a script to grep for a closing XML node. Then I need it to navigate up a line and insert some XML. Then go to the next occurrance. I have this
INSERT_NODE='<QUANTITATIVE NAME="'${QR_NAME}'" QUANT="1" />'
GREP_FOR='</JOB>'
TMP_FILE=/tmp/lineArray.$$
if ]; then
continue
else
... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: J-Man
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am new to unix shell shell scripting. I have a specific requirement where I need to append comma's based on the max number of column in the file.
Eg:
If my source file look something like this,
sengwa,china
tom,america,northamerica
smith,america
walter
My output file... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: nicholas_ejn
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
file1 contains:
this is a test
this is a test and only a test
this is another test
this is another test and only another only
i'd like my file to look like this:
this is a test.
this is a test and only a test.
this is another test.
this is another test and only another only. (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: tjmannonline
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