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# 15  
Old 04-26-2008
But why did you add the -F"|" option, it's a completely unrelated change; does it work if you take it out?
Last edited by era; 04-26-2008 at 02:05 AM.. Reason: Wrong tack, this is v2
# 16  
Old 04-26-2008
Thanks alot Mr. Jean-Pierre and era for your KIND HELP.

The problem is solved now. -F"|" was the problem.


Correct CODE:
Code:
echo "Enter TRUNK GROUP:"
read TGR

echo "TGR=<$TGR>"

cat /omp-data/logs/5etr/$SearchDate.APX | nawk -v P=$TGR '

BEGIN {

TG=P;
printf("AWK - P=<%s> String_TG=<%s> Number_TG=%d\n", P, TG, TG);

printf ("DATE IN ST EN TGN ISEIZE ISATMP IANS OATMPT OVFL OSEIZE OSATMP OANS TOTUSG OOSMTCE OOS DBLSZR NTWCONG\n");
}

Now i hope my boss will impress with me.. Lets seeSmilie

Regards,
Waqas Ahmed
# 17  
Old 04-26-2008
Perhaps now would be a good time then to revisit the issue related to the Useless Use of Cat Award.

cat file | awk is an antipattern; the cat does not add any benefit, and costs you a process. It's better style to simply say awk file
# 18  
Old 04-26-2008
Ok now i require more help !

Now i want that when my script gives the output so it ask with me at the end to exit or not , if i enter y so it exits and if i enter n so it starts once again.

Please explain how to do this...

Regards,
Waqas Ahmed
# 19  
Old 04-26-2008
Code:
while true; do
  yourscripthere
  echo -n "Play again? [y/N] "
  read reply
  case $reply in [Yy]*) ;; *) break;; esac
done

That's an endless loop; you break out of it by not replying "y" (or yes, or yowza, or ypsilon) at the prompt.

echo -n is not completely portable; see the manual page for your shell, or your echo command, to see what works at your site. (Might be 'echo "Play again? [y/N] \c"' too. Many shells have echo built into the shell, but most sites also have a /bin/echo in case some users have an old shell which doesn't have its own echo command. You need to figure out which one works for you.)
# 20  
Old 04-26-2008
Thanks alot ERA , its working!!

Can you explain this line, especially this ;; *) break;; esac

case $reply in [Yy]*) ;; *) break;; esac

what exactly this line is doing ?

Regards,
Waqas Ahmed
# 21  
Old 04-26-2008
The general syntax of the case statement is

Code:
case expression in
  pattern1) commands to execute; could be several; then double semicolon;; 
  pattern2) commands to execute for this pattern; again, could be several;
      even on multiple lines --
      one or more newlines is equivalent to a single semicolon in this context;;
  pattern3) etcetera;;
esac

The branch for the first matching pattern is taken, and subsequent ones are ignored.

So in this case if $reply matches the pattern [Yy]* we do nothing (no commands before the terminating double semicolon) and otherwise (the pattern * matches all possible values), the command we execute is "break", which breaks out of the while loop.

If you need awk and the shell to perform your job, perhaps you could persuade your manager to set aside some time for you to read a book on shell programming ...?
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