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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Here is the sample code:
str1="abccccc"
str2="abc?"
if ]; then
echo "same string"
else
echo "different string"
fi
Given that ? implies 0 or 1 match of preceding character, I was expecting the output to be "different string", but I am seeing "same string".
Am I not using the... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Rameshck
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I want to compare two files based on column value
Kindly help me
a.txt
123,ABCD
456,DEF
789,SDF
b.txt
123,KJI
456,LMN
321,MJK
678,KOL
Output file should be like
Common on both files
c.txt
123,ABCD,KJI (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: aaysa123
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm new to Unix and I have been trying to fix this problem for the past week.
How would I use grep to display only certain numbers for a list. For example, if I have this list:
Joe senior 4/50
John junior 25/50
Mary junior 41/50
Martha sophomore 2/50
...How do I get a file... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: PTcharger
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have 25 groups and I need to perform all possible pairwise compariosns between them using the formula n(n-1)/2. SO in my case it will be 25(25-1)/2 which is equal to 300 comparisons.
my 25 groups are
FG1 FG2 FG3 FG4 FG5
NT5E CD44 CD44 CD44 AXL
ADAM19 CCDC80 L1CAM L1CAM CD44... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Diya123
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'd love to get help on this one please. Ok so say I have a file called README with lines such as this:
index:index.html
required:file1.1:file2.1:file3.1
I'm having trouble with writing an if statement that compares the items in a list with a file inside README, what I imagine in my head... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: mistsong1
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I want to perform a simple date comparisons, i.e. select all files modified after a certain date (say 12-feb-2011)
I do not have the option of creating a file and using find's -newer option.
Any simple way to do this? I can do this by reading the stat command's output and comparing... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: jawsnnn
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this stings comparison?
#!/bin/sh
#set -xv
set -u
VAR=$(ping -c 5 -w 10 google.com | grep icmp_req=5 | awk '{print $6}')
echo I like cookies
echo $VAR
if "$VAR" == 'icmp_req=5'
then
echo You Rock
else
echo You Stink
fiThis is the error.... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi guys,
Im trying to figure out what is the difference between using a | and the command xargs ... examples of usage:
1) ls * | wc -w => this gives you the number of files in the current directory including all subdirectories
2) find . “*.log” | xargs grep ERROR => this gives... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: avidrunner
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
So, I have no formal higher education in programming at all and am self taught. I am now wondering what would be considered best practices? Like should I hard code a variable, then compare it to what I want to know or achieve, or should I just put the commands with in the brackets?
Example, a... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: tlarkin
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have two files.And a sort of matrix analysis.
Both files have a string followed by two numbers:
File 1:
A 2 7
B 3 11
C 5 10
......
File 2:
X 1 10
Y 3 5
Z 5 9
What I'd like to do is for each set of numbers in the second file indicate if the first or second number (or both) in... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: dcfargo
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