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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
The bash executes but returns no results and the set -xv showed while the $run variable in blue, was extracted correctly, the $match value in green, was not, rather both values in home/cmccabe/Desktop/f1 were extracted not just the matching.
There will always be an exact match from the $run to... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
In the bash below the user selects the file to be used. The digits of each file are unique and used to automatically locate the next file to be used in the process. The problem I can not seem to fix is that the full path needs to be referenced in the second portion and it is not currently. Is... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to check the condition of a variable before the script continues and it needs to match a specific pattern such as EPS-03-0 or PDF-02-1.
The first part is a 3 or 4 letter string followed by a hyphen, then a 01,02 or 03 followed by a hyphen then a 0 or a 1.
I know I could check for every... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: stormcel
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4. Ubuntu
I'm trying to convert this working bash script into an Ash script,
read -p "Username:" _username
if ! ]]; then
echo "Valid"
else
echo "INVALID"
fi
However, Ash does not recognize the "=~" character.
How can I do this?
Also, is there a good reference guide, so I... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: fzivkovi
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a bash script that I want to certain actions if it finds a string in the filenames, and another action if it does not match the string in the filename. Both my individual 'for' statements work on their own, however when i put it all together it returns 'unexpected end of file error'. Can... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: sw_f
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to match up some numbers in one file to the closest numbers in other file and produce an output file.
File one (f1.txt) is laid out like this
PCode Lon Lat
AB10 1AA 57.148235 -2.096648
BB2 3JD 53.728563 -2.47852
LU4 9ET... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: ian_gooch
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
In Perl I can write a condition that evaluates a match expression like this:
if ($foo =~ /^bar/) {
do blah blah blah
}
How do I write this in shell? What I need to know is what operator do I use? The '=~' doesn't seem to fit. I've tried different operators, I browsed the man page for... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: indiana_tas
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone!I am trying to make a mail list(a simple .txt file)in which i put certain records that match specific criteria.
Let's say that i have a(sorted by last column file)like this one:
0100567 Bla1 Lala1 100
1234567 Bla2 Lala2 80
8769029 Bla3 Lala3 70
1001007 ... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: bashuser2
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys, i have been struggling to achieve the following and therefor looking for some help.
I am trying to write something that will summerize the following output from my switches for daily totals.
Basicly if $1 $2 $3 doesnt change, we can keep adding up $4. Probably would use a awk print end... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Wratholix
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have 255 files in a directory named 000po.k thru 255po.k
and I want to copy all files except 3: exclude 000po.k, 166po.k,168po.k
I know the long way around it copying these files, but am looking for a shorter way of doing this:
my old approach:
# copy 001po.k thru 009po.k to target... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: zoo591
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