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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
How can I use find command to search string/pattern in a file recursively?
What I tried:
find . -type f -exec cat {} | grep "make" \;
Output:
grep: find: ;: No such file or directory
missing argument to `-exec'
And this:
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Don, this is not homework question. I work for a Credit card company and my development goal this year is to learn Unix. I would love if others can help me get started, thanks.
Hi everyone
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi everyone,
I am new to Unix and need help writing a script that can ask user for an input, then search that input within a file
I know will have to use the read and grep commands, anyone can give me somewhere to start would help
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi everyone,
I am new to Unix and need help writing a script that can ask user for an input, then search that input within a file
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys,
I have a text file named file1.txt that is formatted like this:
001 , ID , 20000
002 , Name , Brandon
003 , Phone_Number , 616-234-1999
004 , SSNumber , 234-23-234
005 , Model , Toyota
007 , Engine ,V8
008 , GPS , OFF
and I have file2.txt formatted like this:
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a file example.txt as follows :SomeTextGoesHere
$$TODAY_DT=20140818
$$TODAY_DT=20140818
$$TODAY_DT=20140818I need to automatically update the date (20140818) in the above file, by getting the new date as argument, using a shell script.
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Need your help for this scripting issue I have. I am not really good at this, so seeking your help.
I have a file looking similar to this:
Hello, i am human and name=ABCD.
How are you?
Hello, i am human and name=PQRS.
I am good.
Hello, i am human and name=ABCD.
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I am new here but I have a scripting question that I can't seem to figure out with the "find" cmd.
What I am trying to do is to only have to run a single find cmd parsing the directories and output the different file types to induvidual files and I have been running into problems.... (3 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I am very new to UNIX and I have tried this for a longtime now and unable to crack it....
There is a file that is continuously updating. I need to search for the string and find the date @ which it updated every day.....
eg:
String is "work started"
The log entry is as below:
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
What's the easiest way to search a file for a specific string and then look for other instances after that? I want to search for all Virtual Hosts and print out the Server Name and Document Root (if it has that info), while discarding the rest of the info.
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