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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
im using a case statement to search for a pattern in a variable, like this:
case "${VARIABLE}" in
* unix is great *)
echo Found it!
;;
esac
However, what happens if I want to make sure some other string DOES NOT exist on the same line that "unix is great" is on??
with egrep, i can... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: SkySmart
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to search a file if it contains special strings and if yes, the records found should be mailed.
I can either do it with a temporary file:
/usr/bin/grep somestring somefile > /tmp/tempfile && /usr/bin/mail -s "Found something" email@mycomp.com < /tmp/tempfile... or by running the grep... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Cochise
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I am trying to find a way to change first letter in a word from lower case to upper case. It should be done for each first word in text or in paragraph, and also for each word after punctuation like
. ; : ! ?I found the following command
sed -i 's/\s*./\U&\E/g' $@ filenamebut... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: georgi58
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I just found out there were a big performance penalty for case insensitive "grep" on big files.
It would be understandable, except that the penalty seems to be exaggerated out of proportion.
A real example, if I only grep a single letter "V" (or "v") , without "-i", on a big file, (file... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: phil518
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Is there a command that can switch a character variable from UPPER case to lower case?
like
foreach AC ( ABC BCD PLL QIO)
set ac `COMMAND($AC)`
...
end
Thanks a lot! (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rockytodd
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I want to make string substitution ignoring case for search but respecting case for subtitute. Ex changing all occurences of "original" in a file to "substitute":
original becomes substitute
Origninal becomes Substitute
ORIGINAL becomes SUBSTITUTE
I know this a little special but it's not... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kmchen
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
i have a data array as followes.
ARRAY=DFSG345GGG
ARRAY=234FDFG090
ARRAY=VDFVGBGHH
so on..........
i need all english letters to be change to lower case. So i am expecting to see
ARRAY=dfsg345ggg
ARRAY=234fdfg090
ARRAY=vdfvgbghh
so on........
If i have to copy this data in... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: usustarr
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
HELLO ALL,
URGENTLY NEEDED A SCRIPT TO SELECT AND DELETE LOWER AND MIXED CASE RECORDS FROM A COLUMN IN A TABLE.
FOR EXAMPLE : Table name is EMPLOYEE and the column name is CITY
and the CITY column records will be: Newyork
washington
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: abhilash mn
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How can convert a Lower case variable value to an upper case in the kron shell script. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dchalavadi
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