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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am writing a script in awk trying to replace strings that are math expressions with their result.
For example, I have a file that looks like this:
5-1
32/8-1
4*12
17+1-3
I would like to get the following output:
4
3
48
15
I tried doing it the following way (using the "bc"... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: avi.levi
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
temp="/usr=25,/usr/lib=12"
How to get only dir names with out values.
I tried like below but no use.
tmp=${temp##*,}
echo $tmp
o/p:
/usr/lib=12
expected o/p:
/usr /usr/lib ---> in array (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: munna_dude
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
here is what i want to achieve... consider a file contains below contents. the file size is large about 60mb
cat dump.sql
INSERT INTO `table1` (`id`, `action`, `date`, `descrip`, `lastModified`) VALUES (1,'Change','2011-05-05 00:00:00','Account Updated','2012-02-10... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: vivek d r
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
Awk seem treat the pattern as regular expression, how can awk search not using regular expression? e.g. just represent for "", not "A" or "a" . I don't want to add backslash . (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: 915086731
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Gurus,
I have a files from where lines are like following
<ns0:ccid>123456789</ns0:ccid>
<ns0:ccid>1234
56789</ns0:ccid>
I would like to grep any number which will be as below (with carrige return): As 123456789 any number so I have to use the regular expression
<ns0:ccid>1234... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: thepurple
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
function blah {
return "string"
}
it keeps saying string: not found
How can i do this guys? Because I'm trying to do something like this
function print_daemon_options {
echo "Start Daemons - Please enter one or a combination of the following:"
if isDatasubEnabled &&... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: pyscho
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a folder of scripts:
bash:/folderpath/> ls
beginFile.sh
beginFileBackup.sh
beginAnother.sh
beginAnotherBackup.sh
beginJunk.sh
beginJunkBackup.sh
I'd like to be able to call just one (beginFile.sh) using this type of scheme:
#Run the beginFile script without the word "Backup" in... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mrwatkin
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there
i have a script which will create unix user accounts. Id like to validate the entered string so that it is specifically 8 characters or less and consists of only ! not
Is there a way to validate a string against a regular expression.. i.e
size=`printf "$var | wc -m`
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: hcclnoodles
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi friends
I need to return string value in functions
can anyone help me out to return string values rather than integer.
#!/bin/bash
add_a_user()
{
USER=$1
COMPANY=$2
shift; shift;
echo "Adding user $USER ..."
echo "$USER working in $COMPANY ..."
ret_type=YES
return... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kittusri9
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi there
I'm getting a string from a sqlplus query, and I need to compare it with another string
Problem here, is that the string i get from query brings a 'carriage return' with it, and comparing throws always false value.
i need to delete all carriage retun charactres in string.
how... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: viko
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