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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I want to pass value of a variable track_line which is the line number to sed. Sed should print the lines starting from track_line till the last
line of the file. I tried the below command but it is not working.
sed -n '${track_line},$p' latest_log_file
I tried using the below too but... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: nitinupadhyaya8
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have below sed to search and print particular line that matches in file and prints it, which is actually working fine as expected.
sed -n "/^2012-11-19 23:*/p" filename
but if I replace date with the variable it seems it's not recognizing it and throwing out error
v="2012-11-19"... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: manas_ranjan
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Here is my code
#!/bin/bash
username=gnowicki
sed '$s/$/ $username/' < sshd_config 1 <> sshd_config
what this is supposed to do is take the name gnowicki and put it at the end of the last line of the sshd_config and it works except not using the variable, if I put the name "gnowicki" where... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: slufoot80
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello All,
I am trying to embed variable in sed command to fetch a portion of record between two pattern.
This command is not working ...any suggestion on this how to place the variable in sed command to find a portion .
I am using Sun OS (Solaris).
Thanks
JM (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jambesh
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys,
I wanted to pass a variable to the sed command which tells which line to be deleted.
a=2;
echo $a;
sed '$ad' c.out
it is throwing an error.
sed: 0602-403 "$a"d is not a recognized function.
I even tried "$a" and \$a.. but it is of no use.
Can you please correct me... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: mac4rfree
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear All,
I want to print a file.
First I tried with this
sed '2q;d' filename
it worked. But when i put following it is not working
x=2;
sed '$xq;d' filename
Would any one suggest how to pass the variable? (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: saifurshaon
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
:confused: Is it possible to send a variable to a sed or cut command? I have a test script as below:
counter=1
while read line
do
# Test the file
printf "$line" > temp$counter
pref=$(cut c1-2000 $temp$counter | sed 's///g' | sed 's|.*PutTime\(.*)Origin.*|\1|')
printf" let... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: gugs
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I fairly new to SED. I have tried many different variations of this line of code and even breaking it down into its components and running them separately.
They work individually without variables but when I place the $todbname variable it will either inserts the text "connect to $todbname"... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: edewerth
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I m trying to pass variable to sed.
export var=140920060731
sed -e '/$var/d' file
but no luch so far..? any body has any idea abt it
Is there any way to pass variable to SED?
Thanks ,
Manish (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Manish Jha
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I understand how to use a variable in a sed command, but for the life of me I can't get the output into a variable.
I'm making a general function to replace part of a filename with a different string, so:
>>myscript this that
would change:
this_file001.txt to that_file001.txt and... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: donflamenco
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