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Old 02-10-2006
Java how to grep all the filenames in a script
hello,
we have a script (let say ABC) which contains the below:

lp -d lp06 -t 'REPORT FOR FINANCE -FIN-' $daily/FINRPT
lp -d lp06 -t 'REPORT FOR FINANCE -FIN1-' $daily/FINRPT1
lp -d lp06 -t 'REPORT FOR HUMAN RESOURCE -HR-' $dd_daily/HRRPT
lp -d lp06 -t 'REPORT FOR MANAGEMENT -MGM-' $dd_daily/MGMRPT
:
:
:

after executing ABC, we need to log down all the filename send for printing:
FINRPT
FINRPT1
HRRPT
MGMRPT
:
:
into a text file for further processing.

i've no idea how to grep all the filenames. Smilie
appreciate if anyone out there able to assist.

Thanks in advanced. Smilie
# 2  
Old 02-10-2006
Use Cut instead
cut -d'/' -f2 ABC > Log_Print_files

This will give you all files that were sent for printing in the file Log_Print_files.

Rahul.
# 3  
Old 02-10-2006
Another one here....

Quote:

awk -F"/" '{ print $2 }' ABC > ABC_Files
# 4  
Old 02-11-2006
Code:
sed 's/^.*\///g' filename

# 5  
Old 02-11-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by matrixmadhan
Code:
sed 's/^.*\///g' filename

A better approach in sed would be to match from the end of the line, not from the start and select what is to be retained, not what is to be deleted, the solution proposed above will not work if any line containes more that one '/'. Where possible it is better to match to a positive pattern than a negative one.

something like the following which is untested:

Code:
sed -n 's%.*/\([^/][^/]*\)$%\1%p' filename

# 6  
Old 02-12-2006
Thanks guys! Smilie
really appreciate ur quick response.

i've another doubt here. Smilie

sometimes the script (let say ABC) print the SIMILAR report file twice but to DIFFERENT department.

For example, ABC contains

lp -d lp06 -t 'REPORT FOR FINANCE -FIN-' $daily/FINRPT
lp -d lp06 -t 'REPORT FOR MANAGEMENT -MGMFIN-' $daily/FINRPT
lp -d lp06 -t 'REPORT FOR FINANCE -FIN1-' $daily/FINRPT1
lp -d lp06 -t 'REPORT FOR HUMAN RESOURCE -HR-' $dd_daily/HRRPT
lp -d lp06 -t 'REPORT FOR MANAGEMENT -MGM-' $dd_daily/MGMRPT
:
:
:

So, when we grep out the report filename, the similar report filename would appear TWICE as below: Smilie
FINRPT
FINRPT
FINRPT1
HRRPT
MGMRPT

is there any possible way for us to get rid of the redundancy instead,
but getting the result (with FINRPT only appear ONCE):
FINRPT
FINRPT1
HRRPT
MGMRPT

Thanks in advanced. Smilie
# 7  
Old 02-12-2006
Just pipe the whole thing through sort -u

my_command_here | sort -u

Cheers
ZB
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