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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Using ksh to call a function which has awk script embedded.
It parses a long two element list file, filled with text numbers (I want column 2, beginning no sooner than line 45, that's the only known thing) . It's unknown where to start or end the data collection, dynamic variables will be used. ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: highnthemnts
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guys,
I have an issue with awk and variables. I have trawled the internet and forums but can't seem to get the exactt syntax I need.
I have tried using awk -v and all sorts of variations but I have hit a brick wall. I have spent a full day on this and am just going round in circles.
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I'm using awk in a .ksh script to split one file by line prefix into different files (up to 4). The files are named after the prefix in the line, and a sequence no.
Is there any way to get the filenames in to variables too? I need _ftpfile1, _ftpfile2, _ftpfile3 and _ftpfile4 which are... (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have the below code to find yesterdays date, In this I want to make MONTH, DAY and YEAR as global variableand use it outside the {}, but I am unable to do so , please assist:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
date '+%m %d %Y' |
{
read MONTH DAY YEAR
DAY=`expr "$DAY" - $1`
case "$DAY" in
0) ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mohsin.quazi
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I am new to this forum. Please forgive me, If I am wrong anywhere. I am trying to understand the below code. Can anyone help in understanding what is ${#ST} here. Is that the value of the first parameter??:confused:...what is exit 1 mean. Any clarification is greatly appreciated.
export... (3 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a shell script wherein i am doing some file operations and storing the data in some variables. I am exporting these variables as i need to use them outside shell. Then within the shell i am launching GDB session hoping that i will be able to access the exported variables in the GDB... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jsantosh
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I wonder if it is possible to pass and use variables from shell environment into sed or awk. I am trying to achieve something similar to the following using sed or awk:
var=some_regular_expression
grep "$var" filename # Will extract lines from filename
The following code,... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: nasersh
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8. Programming
Hi,
consider the following script.
ip='***.***.**.**'
user='****'
pw='******'
ftpresults=`ftp -nv $ip<<EOF
user $user $pw
cd /home/oracle/practice
size $1
bye
EOF`
fname=$1
echo $ftpresults
sqlplus -s tms/tms@dev45 <<"EOF"
insert into remote_file_sizes (file_name,file_size)... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ravi raj kumar
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I can't figure out how to access variables that are stored in a separate file. Can someone let me in on the secret? Please, and thank you.
-Kevin (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: wayne1411
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm trying to write a ksh script that uses awk, but I want to pass variables to awk. For example (not working):
if ];then
searchstr=$1
lsof -i | awk '{if($9~/SEARCHSTR/) print $2} SEARCHSTR=$searchstr'
else
echo "usage: $0 <search string>"
fi
I tried several options. Is it... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rein
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