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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello,
i have a variable which should have following content :
var="value1"
or
var="value2"
or
var="value2:*" # example: value2:22
how can i check :
- if the content is ok (value1 / value2* )
- the two options of "value2"
when content is example "value2:22" , i want to split... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bora99
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I am trying to to compare a string variable with a string literal inside a loop but keep getting the
./testifstructure.sh: line 6:
#!/bin/sh
BOOK_LIST="BOOK1 BOOK2"
for BOOK in ${BOOK_LIST}
do
if
then echo '1'
else
echo '2'
fi
done
Please use next... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: daveu7
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can someone tell me how I can do this?
e.g:
a=$(echo -e wert trewt ertert ertert ertert erttert
erterte
rterter
tertertert
ert)
How do i replace the STRING with $a?
I try this:
sed -i 's/STRING/'"$a"'/g' filename.ext
but this don' t work (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jforce
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
I have below file with 13 columns. I need 2-13 columns seperated by comma and I want to append each row with a string "INSERT INTO xxx" in the begining as 1st column and then a variable "$node" and then $2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11,$12,$13 and at the end another string " ; COMMIT;"
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Vaddadi
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi to all,
i want to check the value of a variable that it contains characters.
for example i try the following:
if then .........
i just want to check that in the specific line that is a variable called "passline" has the entry "password". But it can contain also other characters in the... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: omonoiatis9
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
i call my shell like:
my_shell "my project name"
my script:
#!/bin/bash -vx
projectname=$1
sed s/'PROJECT_NAME ='/'PROJECT_NAME = '$projectname/ <test_config_doxy >temp
cp temp test_config_doxy
the following error occurres:
sed s/'PROJECT_NAME ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: vivelafete
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I have a string variable containing value say
abc123
I want to check if the 3rd element of this string is "c"
in a if statement.Actually i dont know the syntax of how to use substring
in an if statement in shell script.
Please reply soon.
Regards
Navjot (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: navjotsingh
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
hi
I have an if condition that states:
if ; then
exit
how to translate this?
$x is a path
$y is a string that comes at the end of the path
thx (11 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am passing an argument to a file and i wanna check whether the argument is a number or string ?
how can i do this? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: rolex.mp
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi,
I have a variable var1 as follows in the script.
var1="one two three desformat=PDF xyz"
I would like to check whether $var1 has a string "desformat=PDF" or not.
Is there any command I can use (not need to creat a file)?
Currently, I am using this:
if ( grep "desformat=PDF"... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: josephwong
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