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# 8  
Old 07-10-2007
I have one more query, how do we identify if the strings with quotations pass on to the next line.

Thanks.
# 9  
Old 07-10-2007
Try the following awk command :
Code:
awk -v RS="'" 'NR%2==0 {print "string=" RS $0 RS}' input_file

Jean-Pierre.
# 10  
Old 07-10-2007
The above command worked,
can u please suggest me a book for shell scripting.

If possible give me a link to download that too

Thanks.
# 11  
Old 07-10-2007
Kprattip,
This is a non-commercial site, thus there cannot be book recommendation.
If you are a beginner, any shell script book will help you.

To continue learning, keep watching the solutions in this site and when
you feel comfortable, read the problem and try to solve it by yourself, then
compare your solution with the solution presented here.

Good luck!
# 12  
Old 07-10-2007
dude, even though non-commercial site, its not harm in suggesting...
# 13  
Old 07-10-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by kprattip
dude, even though non-commercial site, its not harm in suggesting...
'dude',
if you browse the FAQs - you might find it useful.
# 14  
Old 07-10-2007
Hi.

I like books and often recommend them. In looking over the rules, I see:
Quote:
(C) Remember, this is a non-commerical [sic] forum dedicated to the open and universal exchange of information. Please help keep the quality of the posts very high for the entire world community.
which does not seem to prohibit suggestions, but rather seems to encourage them -- open and universal exchange -- does it not?

It is one thing to attempt to market a product that is not solicited, but it is quite another to reply to a request for information.

As for the FAQs, unless I looked in the wrong place, the last post in UNIX books was 2001. Classics certainly exist, but if we lived by 2001 technology in *nix, we'd be far worse off. We might not even be able to maintain our boxes if we didn't have access to new information ... cheers, drl
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