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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Will someone give me an explanation on how the sed command below works.
sed 's/.*//'
Thanks! (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: scj2012
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi everyone,
I am wondering if someone could please break down and explain the following sort command for me:
ls ${DEST_LOCATION}/${FILES} | sort -rt -k 4,4n | head -1
I have tried working it out using 'man sort', but on AIX there is not a great explanation of this function. I know that... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: jimbojames
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All
I ran a script in Linux.
In the script i have lines like
&& echo "Failed: Missing ${CM_ENV_FILE} \n" && return 1
. ${CM_ENV_FILE}
Where CM_ENV_FILE = /data/ds/dpr_ebicm_uat//etl/cm3_0/entities/BBME/parameters/cm.env
But its taking this path... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vee_789
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
can anyone please tell me what does this expression means , i am under probation and need some explanation :)
$AUDIT_DIR -type f -mtime +$AUDIT_EXPIRE \ -exec rm {} > /dev/null 2>&1 \;
AUDIT_DIR="/var/log/"
AUDIT_EXPIRE='30'
Please use code tags! (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: semaan
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
sed '$!N; /^\(.*\)\n\1$/!P; D'
i found this file which removes duplicates irrespective for sorted or unsorted file. keep first occurance and remove the further occurances.
can any1 explain how this is working..
i need to remove duplicates following file. duplicate criteria is not the... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mukeshguliao
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
I need your help in understanding the meaning and syntax of the below nawk line.
Here is an extract of a script which I use daily and works well. The script extracts the hostnames and messages within a syslog file. I would also like to extract the message time in the 3rd column by... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: wthomas
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
can someone please explain the below sed command..
sed 's/\(*|\)\(.*\)/\2\1/' (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: raghu_shekar
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have a line/command which greps certain pattern () from the file and 22 lines AFTER that:
nawk '/\/{c=22}c&&c--' input_file
Can somebody explain the coding in this command (what " c&&c-- " does)? and how to modify this command to output 22 lines BEFORE this pattern () Thanks a lot ... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: aoussenko
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone,
I found this command line in a website:
perl -pi.bak -we's/\z/Your new line\n/ if $. == 2;' your_text_file.txt
With this command line you can insert a new line anywhere you want in a text without overwriting what's in it.
-p causes perl to assume a loop around your... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: goude
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Could you please explain me the below statement -- phrase wise.
sed -e :a -e '$q;N;'$cnt',$D;ba' abc.txt > xyz.txt
if suppose $cnt contains value: 10
it copies last 9 lines of abc.txt to xyz.txt
why it is copying last 9 rather than 10.
and also what is ba and $D over there in... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: subbukns
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