sh parameter substitution problem

2009-02-11 Thread Ian Smith
I'm getting nowhere trying to parse out IP addresses from strings of this form in /bin/sh, which have been awk'd out of 'tail named.run': addr='195.68.176.4#1440:' addr='195.68.176.4#16811:' addr='195.68.176.4#276:' sh(1) in hand, I've tried: ip=${addr:%#*} ip=${addr:%%#*}

Re: sh parameter substitution problem

2009-02-11 Thread eculp
Quoting Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au: I'm getting nowhere trying to parse out IP addresses from strings of this form in /bin/sh, which have been awk'd out of 'tail named.run': addr='195.68.176.4#1440:' addr='195.68.176.4#16811:' addr='195.68.176.4#276:' sh(1) in hand, I've tried:

Re: sh parameter substitution problem

2009-02-11 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:47:17 +1100 (EST), Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: I'm getting nowhere trying to parse out IP addresses from strings of this form in /bin/sh, which have been awk'd out of 'tail named.run': addr='195.68.176.4#1440:' addr='195.68.176.4#16811:'

Re: sh parameter substitution problem

2009-02-11 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Wednesday 11 February 2009 12:47:17 Ian Smith wrote: I'm getting nowhere trying to parse out IP addresses from strings of this form in /bin/sh, which have been awk'd out of 'tail named.run': addr='195.68.176.4#1440:' addr='195.68.176.4#16811:' addr='195.68.176.4#276:' sh(1) in hand,

Re: sh parameter substitution problem

2009-02-11 Thread Ian Smith
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:47:17 +1100 (EST), Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: I'm getting nowhere trying to parse out IP addresses from strings of this form in /bin/sh, which have been awk'd out of 'tail named.run':

Re: sh parameter substitution problem

2009-02-11 Thread Ian Smith
Thanks Ed - good old sed - and Jonathan too, now the digest's here. 195.68.176.4 Lest anyone get the wrong idea: that's a victim, perpetrator unknown. cheers, Ian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list