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Old 10-01-2009
Searching a text file and assigning it to a variable
Hi Gurus,

I am new to unix.I have a requirement as below

I have text file like a.txt which contains

a.txt

hi hello
process update
status
Ok to Proceed no issues good
data arrangement

My requirement here is i need to read the file and check for the words
"OK to Proceed" and if it is available need to generate an indicatior file like
"Go.txt"

IF else no file should not be generated.

One more thing, like not Om to Procedd my text file contains "Not Ok to Proceed"

I tried below
#!/bin/ksh





DFT_VALUE='OK to Proceed'

ACTUAL_VALUE=`egrep 'OK to Proceed' respectivefolder/a.txt`

if [$DFT_VALUE = $ACTUAL_VALUE] then

touch a.txt

else

exit

fi
but it will not fit for a requirement

Please give me a code if you have any or let me know how to proceed

Thanks in Advance
Sandeep
# 2  
Old 10-01-2009
replace the line:
Code:
ACTUAL_VALUE=`egrep -o 'OK to Proceed' respectivefolder/a.txt|head -1`

hope it will work for you.
regards,
Sanjay
# 3  
Old 10-03-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by pssandeep
Hi Gurus,

I am new to unix.I have a requirement as below

I have text file like a.txt which contains

a.txt

hi hello
process update
status
Ok to Proceed no issues good
data arrangement

My requirement here is i need to read the file and check for the words
"OK to Proceed" and if it is available need to generate an indicatior file like
"Go.txt"

IF else no file should not be generated.

One more thing, like not Om to Procedd my text file contains "Not Ok to Proceed"

I tried below
#!/bin/ksh





DFT_VALUE='OK to Proceed'

ACTUAL_VALUE=`egrep 'OK to Proceed' respectivefolder/a.txt`

if [$DFT_VALUE = $ACTUAL_VALUE] then

touch a.txt

else

exit

fi
but it will not fit for a requirement

Please give me a code if you have any or let me know how to proceed

Thanks in Advance
Sandeep
Hi!

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