UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~/training$ cat testfile
aghagh|hdjhdkhak|hdjhadja|hdsjhdj|hhjdh|hsjdhsk
gdhdg|hdjah|sklksl
hshsjh|hdjhdjh|dsjhdjsh|hjsdhs|hdjshdjs|ssk
jdkjkd|jskjks
jkj|jksjk

pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~/training$ nawk -F"|" 'NF<6{print}' testfile
gdhdg|hdjah|sklksl
jdkjkd|jskjks
jkj|jksjk

cat filename.txt | while read line
do
        # Delete everything except pipe. Count the result.
        count=`echo "${line}" | tr -dc '|' | wc -c`
        if [ ! ${count} -ge 192 ]
        then
                echo "${line}"
        fi
done

pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~/training$ cat findpipe.sh
#!/usr/bin/bash
while read line
do
a=${#line}
#echo $a
line1=`echo $line|tr -d "|"`
b=${#line1}
#echo $line1
diff=$(( $a - $b ))
if [ $diff -lt  5 ]
then
echo $line
else
continue
fi
done < testfile


pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~/training$ bash findpipe.sh
gdhdg|hdjah|sklksl
jdkjkd|jskjks
jkj|jksjk

while read line
do
       [[ `echo "${line}" | tr -dc '|' | wc -c` -lt 192 ]] && echo $line
done<input_file