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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all,
trying this using shell/bash with sed/awk/grep
I have two files, one containing one column, the other containing multiple columns (comma delimited).
file1.txt
abc12345
def12345
ghi54321
...
file2.txt
abc1,text1,texta
abc,text2,textb
def123,text3,textc
gh,text4,textd... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: shogun1970
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Here is the task that I was presented with:
I am dealing with about a 10,000 line input deck file for an analysis. About 10 separate blocks of around 25 lines of code each need to be updated in the input deck.
The input deck (deckToChange in the code below) comes with 2 separate files. File 1... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: tiktak292
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to process a file block by block using sed, and if that block does not contain two patterns, then that complete block has to be printed.
See below for the example data.
................................server 1...............................
running process 1
running... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kesavan
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have a "main" file which has blocks of data for each user defined by tags BEGIN and END.
BEGIN
ID_NUM:24879
USER:abc123
HOW:47M
CMD1:xyz1
CMD2:arp2
STATE:active
PROCESS:id60
END
BEGIN
ID_NUM:24880
USER:def123
HOW:4M
CMD1:xyz1
CMD2:xyz2
STATE:running
PROCESS:id64
END (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: grep_me
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I just created a file in vi, looks like this:
Hello nobody
nobody
What I need is to have sed change the file so it looks like this:
Hello everybody
In other words, the sed query needs to look for both instances of "nobody" before it puts the word "everybody" on the first line. ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: calrog
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
Very first post on this forums, hope you can help me with this scripting task.
I have a big text file with over 3000 lines, some of those lines contain some text that I need to replace, lets say for simplicity the text to be replaced in those lines is "aaa" and I need it to replace it... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Angelseph
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guys,
I am needing some help writing a shell script to replace the following in a text file
/opt/was/apps/was61
with some other path eg
/usr/blan/blah/blah.
I know that i can do it using sed or perl but just having difficulty writing the escape characters for it
All Help... (3 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have 2 sets of text files. I need to take a field from a certain line in set 1 and put it in the same place in set b. The line appears once per file, in different places but is a set format and has the unique word "ANTENNA" in it and is always 81 characters long. Example from set a:
... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Jonny2Vests
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there
I have a file which has the lines
# Serial number for hostid
EXP_SERIAL_=""
These lines could be anywhere in the file as far as line numbers go, I would like replace these two lines with
# Serial number for hostid $var1
EXP_SERIAL_$var1="$var2"
Is there a quick and simple... (6 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
hey guys, how do i replace only a line within a file without messing up the rest of the contents of the file?
see, if possible can you guys give me a straight forward way to do this. i dont want a complex command. what i mean is i know i can accomplish this by using sed, well, i think i can,... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Terrible
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