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Old 09-02-2013
Shell script to read a file and store in variables
I have a input file like this.

Sample.txt

Code:
30    | TXDatacenter | TXBackupDC
10    | UKDatacenter | UKBackupDC
0      | NLDatacenter | NLBackupDC
......
......
......


I need to get these values in different variables like this.
Code:
Load1=30
PriCenter1=TXDatacenter
BkpCenter1=TXBackupDC

Load2=10
PriCenter2=UKDatacenter
BklCenter2=UKBackupDC
....
...

Basically, I am looking to separate the contents of the file based on words. But i want to store the values in to variables based on its line number. (i.e Load1, 2,3 & its corresponding PriCenter1,2,3)

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Visha
Last edited by Don Cragun; 09-02-2013 at 04:18 PM.. Reason: Add CODE tags
# 2  
Old 09-02-2013
Try something like (bash):
Code:
i=1
while read Load[i] x PriCenter[i] x BkpCenter[i]
do 
  (( i++ ))
done < file

Code:
$ echo "${PriCenter[2]}"
UKDatacenter

The variable $x is used as a dummy variable..
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 09-02-2013 at 04:41 PM..
# 3  
Old 09-02-2013
The following does what you want (assuming that your request to store the 3rd value in the 2nd line in BklCenter2 was a typo and you meant BkpCenter2) and shows that it worked. But I generally find that setting variables like this in a shell script isn't really what you want to do. It is usually much better to process a line at a time. If that can't be done for some reason, arrays are usually much easier to handle than variable names that have to be constructed on the fly (unless your script knows that there will always be the same number of input lines and that you want to process the values found on each line in a different way).
Code:
eval $(awk -F' *[|] *' '
{       printf("Load%d=\"%s\"\nPriCenter%d=\"%s\"\nBkpCenter%d=\"%s\"\n",
                NR, $1, NR, $2, NR, $3)
}' Sample.txt)
set|grep '^Load'
set|grep '^PriCenter'
set|grep '^BkpCenter'

If you want to try this on a Solaris/SunOS system, use /usr/xpg4/bin/awk, /usr/xpg6/bin/awk, or nawk instead of awk.
# 4  
Old 09-03-2013
Thanks. I prefer to use arrays. Can you guide me on that.

Thanks,
Visha
# 5  
Old 09-03-2013
Using awk arrays:

Code:
awk -F"|" '{Load[NR]=$1;PriCenter[NR]=$2;BkpCenter[NR]=$3} END{for(i in Load) {print Load[i], PriCenter[i], BkpCenter[i]}}' inputfile

# 6  
Old 09-03-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Visha
Thanks. I prefer to use arrays. Can you guide me on that.

Thanks,
Visha
Scrutinizer has already shown you how to use shell array variables (as long as you're using a shell that supports array variables (e.g., bash and ksh).

And, krishmaths has already shown you how to set up awk arrays (although the sample code given for this will include spaces in the variables that don't seem to be wanted).

Without knowing what you intend to do with this data (other than store it in an array), we have no way to know whether either of these suggestions will do what you need. So, what are you really trying to do?
Last edited by Don Cragun; 09-03-2013 at 01:30 PM.. Reason: Add note about limitation on krishmaths's awk array solution.
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