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Old 02-07-2007
$$<file name>

Hello All,

What is $$<file name> means in shell scripting?

rgds,
jam
# 2  
Old 02-07-2007
Also pls brief me whats this command gawk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="|";}{ print "|"$1"|"substr($2,1,4)}' <file> does.

Thanks in advance.
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Old 02-07-2007
Dont bump questions in a single post
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Old 02-07-2007
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FS The input field separator, a blank by default.
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OFS The output field separator, a blank by default.
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print Prints the current record.
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Each field in the input line may be referenced by its posi-
tion, $1, $2, and so on. $0 is the whole line. The value of
a field may be assigned to as well. Fields need not be
referenced by constants:
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substr(s, i, n) returns the n-character substring of
s starting at i. If n is omitted,
the rest of s is used.
It's all in the man pages along with some good examples.
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Old 02-07-2007
Thaks a lot,

can u pls tell me $$<file name> does?
# 6  
Old 02-07-2007
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Originally Posted by jam_prasanna
Thaks a lot,

can u pls tell me $$<file name> does?
doing 'man ksh' and searching for '$' in the ' Parameters ' section yields [$$]:
Code:
       The following special parameters are implicitly set by  the  shell  and
       cannot be set directly using assignments:

       !      Process  id of the last background process started.  If no back-
              ground processes have been started, the parameter is not set.

       #      The number of positional parameters (i.e., $1, $2, etc.).

       $      The process ID of the shell, or the PID of the original shell if
              it is a subshell.

 
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