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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have two files
FILEA
a/b/c/d
e/f/g/h
i/j/k/l
m/n/o/p
FILEB
i/j/k/l
i want that if lines of FILEB matches lines of FILEA then matching lines in FILEA to be appended by word "MATCH"
NEW FILEA
a/b/c/d
e/f/g/h
i/j/k/l "MATCH"
m/n/o/p
I have tried following script .but not... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: shaan4uster
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a Query!
by using command
cat >> file1 we can append data's to a already existing file, Similarly is it possible to append a data to a variable.
Thanks in Advance!! (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gwgreen1
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I just want to append the value in variable at the end of the file.
var=1234
sed -e "$a $var" file1 > file 2.
But I get this error
sed: -e expression #1, char 4: unknown command: `1'
Kindly let m know how can I do that... (5 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a small doubt. Here is the code snippet for which the output that I'm getting are a bit surprising.
testing.sh
#!/bin/sh
arg_1=$1
echo "arg passed by user is:${arg_1}"
mapping=`grep ${arg_1}= testing.conf | awk -F"=" '{print $2}'`
echo "mapping is $mapping"... (4 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm having a problem with something I can't really figure out by myself. I've tried to do it with a for loop, but I'm pretty sure it won't work, if I'm not mistaken.
Basically, what I'm trying to do is test some variables and if any of them is not empty, add the values of these variables... (5 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi All,
Searched forum but couldn't find a solution to this problem:
How can I append a file with date in the ninth line?
ie I want to insert a line with the current date and time in the ninth line.
I tried this:
date=`date`
awk 'NR==9 {printf "'$date' \n"} {print $0}' abc.log
below... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sreejith_VK
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I have two files called INPUT1 and INPUT2 and i am trying to append the values of INPUT1 to INPUT2 using AWK.
The INPUT1 file will always has a single field and the INPUT2 file has 3 fields but both files will have same number of records always. Following is the format of the... (5 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey, I'm creating a custom useradd script, and I'm giving the option to add secondary groups. Basically what I want to do is ask for the name of the group, you type in the group you want to add, it assigns that group name to the variable $sgroup. Then the scripts asks if you want add another. If... (0 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
i've been fiddling around with append and I know how to append a word into a file, but how would you go about appending a word to a filename? (5 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, once again -
Ok here it is:
a).I used the touch command to create a file (touch directory.list)
b).I then added this line: - date '+The date is %a %h %d, %Y %nIt is %I:%M %p' > directory.list
-So that this date function would go at the top of my script
c).Now I want to display a... (1 Reply)
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