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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
hai guys,
pick the 1st field and calculate max length.
if suppose max length is 2,
then compare the all records if <2 then add zero's prefix of the record.
for ex:
s.no,sname
1,djud
37,jtuhe
in this max length of the 1st field is 2 right
the output wil be
s.no,sname
01,djud... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Suneelbabu.etl
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm attempting to rename some files that have spaces in them. Without linking sed commands together is it possible to replace the first three "." to " ".
File.name.is.long.ext -> File name is long.ext
I can get the desired effect with
echo "File.name.is.long.ext" | sed 's/\./ /g;s/... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: vectox
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey Any one...
Do u know any way I can modify the max username length in unix? I guess it is 32/64 characters by default. Suppose I want to increase it to 128.
i hav tried /etc/skel
but no use...
How can I do that? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: MayureshRisbud
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
This is my first post to this site. So kindly forgive if I am writing in a wrong section.
My query is that...
I want to modify the max username length size. I guess it is 32/64 on CentOS. Now I want to change it to 128. Is there any way to do that?
Thanks in advance!! :) (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: ajay303
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I know there are lots of threads on replacing text within files, usually using sed or awk. However, I find it hard to adapt examples that I found to my specific case. I am kind of new to UNIX and have hard times learning the syntax either for sed or awk so I would appreciate any help. Here's... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: vytenis
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi,
i currently have a file with columns similar to this
customer name owed
CID123 John 300
CID342 harry 500
at present i use use awk to find the amount owed by the customer using the customer ID (CID).
if the customer spends more money how would i go about using sed/awk etc to... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: skinnygav
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I've got a file that would have lines similar to:
12345678 x.00 xx.00 x.00 xxx.00 xx.00 xx.00 xx.00
23456781 x.00 xx.00 xx.00 xx.00 xx.00 x.00 xxx.00 xx.00 xx.00 xx.00
34567812 x.00 xx.00 x.00 xxx.00 xx.00 xx.00 xx.00
45678123 x.00 xx.00 xx.00 xx.00 xx.00 x.00 xxx.00 xx.00 xx.00 xx.00 xx.00... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Cailet
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I have a flat file of 1000 rows. I want to check the length of the 5th column. The one having the longest length , I want to set it as DEFINED PARAMETER.
So later I can check others with that particular number only.
Any ideas ?? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ganesh123
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have a shell script which takes several args. what is the maximum length of string i can give as argument? (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: senthilk615
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Guys,
Could anyone shed some light on the length of a Unix filepath max length pls ?
thanks !
Wilson (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: wilsontan
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