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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hi All
I have one file with multiple lines in it, each line has static text and some variable enclosed in <<filename>> as well. e.g. as below
123, <<file1.txt>> this is my name, I stay at <<city.txt>> Thanks for visiting
348384y, this is my name <<fileabc.txt>>, I stay at near the mall of... (8 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
My current line command is as follows:
echo -n "text: " ; grep "blah text" ../dir1/filename | wc -l
The output to the screen is as needed, but how do I print to a text file? (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: ncwxpanther
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
for file in `ls /tmp/*_sw_list`; do
/usr/bin/sed -i '' '1,/^Software\ Update/d' $file
done
In my script, this doesn't work. I can copy-and-paste it, and it works. Enabling debugging shows it is resolving the file name correctly... it isn't an issue with special characters in the filename. ... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jnojr
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a file where I want to replace the 15th field separated by comma, only on specific lines matching lots of different conditions.
I have managed to read the file line by line, within the loop my line is held in a variable called $line
I assume this will be using sed (maybe... (5 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a file having some text like:
PATH_ABC=/user/myLocation
I have to replace "/user/myLocation" with a session variable say, $REPLACE_PATH,
where $REPLACE_PATH=/user/myReplaceLocation
The following sed command is not working. It is writing PATH_ABC=$REPLACE_PATH in the file
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6. Red Hat
Hi all,
Hereby wish to have your advise for below:
Main concept is
I intend to get current directory of my script file.
This script file will be copied to /etc/init.d.
A string in this copy will be replaced with current directory value.
Below is original script file:
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Discussion started by: cielle
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ok, so, let's say I have the variable $GMAILID....How can I use it with sed command so to replace a string in a file? e.g.:
sed -i 's/$GMAILID/test@gmail.com/' /home/$USER/Desktop/sendmail (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: hakermania
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
This i will print the second line of a file
sed -n '2p' test2
The use of a variable is impossible here.
a=1
while ; do
line=`sed -n '$a p' test2`
# do some things here with the line variable
a=`expr $a + 1`
done
But the uotput of sed command is 'p'..... What can i do to use a variable... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: hakermania
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have tried everything I can think of to get sed to change line N of a file to the contents of a variable. I have Googled the Internet, and I find lots of people telling how to use variables with the "Substitute" command, but no one telling how to use variables with the "Change" command.
I... (4 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
My appologies for asking a very basic question but...
In a shell, I enter:
echo tit | sed -e s/tit/tat/g
This returns:
tat
as expected.
But when I enter:
set test = `echo tit | sed -e s/tit/tat/g`
echo $test
This returns an empty line.
Why is this so and how... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: flewis
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