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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello, I have a situation where I want to change a line of text in multiple files, but the problem is that I want to change the text to something unique for each file.
For example, let's say I have five files named bob.txt, joe.txt, john.txt, tom.txt, and zach.txt. Each of these files has a... (5 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm changing some html code on multiple web pages and I need to match particular phrases but keep some text within each phrase.
E.G. I need to change this line:
<DIV id="heading">Description:</DIV>
into
<span class="hlred">Description:</span><br />
The text "Description:" may... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: hal8000
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a file as below and want to change it using awk
I want to find the entries such as
Iteration No.788
Best Value 0.00408152
Next-Worst Value 0.00522935
Worst Value 0.00523487
and change it to
Iteration No.788
788. Best Value = 0.00408152
788. ... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: kristinu
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4. Programming
I'm writing my own Unix ls command in c and I was wondering if anyone knows how to or can point me to a tutorial that shows me how to change the text color of the filename depending on if it's a directory, regular file, linked file, etc..., like the real ls command does? Thanks. (4 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am doing a basic script to check if services are disabled, and I was wondering how to change to colours for PASS and FAIL to green & red respectively.
#!/usr/bin/bash
clear
TELNET=`svcs -a | grep telnet | awk '{print $1}'`
if
then
RESULT=PASS
else
RESULT=FAIL
fi... (3 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
i all,
I thought I would restructure my question.
Is there a way you can get rid of characters in a line if you know what number they are.
eg,
if this was a line
you could see there were 18 characters including spaces. Could I delete characters 4,5,6 and 7 to remove the word this. ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: outthere_3
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello
I have this:
sed -e "s/install_location=....../g" -e "s/hostname=....../g" -e "s/server_name=....../y" input.txt
it will display on the screen what have changed. however I want to change file input.txt. Any idea other than doing redirection (>)
thx (2 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a text file with a bunch of ethernet port names and host names. I need to just change the last 2 chars on each line to a new number how can I do this quickly?
from
ethernet5/35 Net01
ethernet5/36 Net01
ethernet5/37 Net01
ethernet5/38 Net01
to
ethernet5/35 Net02
ethernet5/36... (4 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a text
"abc def ghi"
and I want to get it as
"def abc ghi"
I am using this
echo "abc def ghi" | sed 's/\(*\)\(*\)/\2\1/'
But I am not able to get the output, could anyone help me.
Thanks (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: venu_nbk
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all,
i log into an xterm with bash shell but the character size of the xterm shell is too small.
how can i enlarge the size of text on this xterm bash shell? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: armen
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