Re: using AWK

2012-12-18 Thread RW
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:16:26 -0800 Devin Teske wrote: > > On Dec 17, 2012, at 3:39 AM, Jack Mc Lauren wrote: > > > Hi guys > > > > How can I read a file which contains a number and assign that > > number to a variable via awk programming? By the way, I want to use > > this awk program in a shel

using AWK - Thanks :)

2012-12-17 Thread Jack Mc Lauren
Hi all Thank you so much my friends,  Ben Frank Polytropon Devin you helped me so much :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsub

Re: using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Devin Teske
On Dec 17, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:16:26 -0800, Devin Teske wrote: >> >> On Dec 17, 2012, at 3:39 AM, Jack Mc Lauren wrote: >> >>> Hi guys >>> >>> How can I read a file which contains a number and assign that number to a >>> variable via awk programming? B

Re: using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:16:26 -0800, Devin Teske wrote: > > On Dec 17, 2012, at 3:39 AM, Jack Mc Lauren wrote: > > > Hi guys > > > > How can I read a file which contains a number and assign that number to a > > variable via awk programming? By the way, I want to use this awk program in > > a sh

Re: using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Devin Teske
On Dec 17, 2012, at 3:39 AM, Jack Mc Lauren wrote: > Hi guys > > How can I read a file which contains a number and assign that number to a > variable via awk programming? By the way, I want to use this awk program in a > shell script. > > Thanks in advance Try this: awk -v file=/etc/ttys 'B

Re: using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Ben Cottrell
On Dec 17, 2012, at 04:22, Jack Mc Lauren wrote: > This is what i wrote: OK -- I'm adjusting my assumptions about what you're trying to do. :-) Bear with me: > #! /bin/sh > > filename=$0 So (a) there's only one input file, not multiple... and (b) it should come from the command line of the she

Re: using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:22:21 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote: > Yes, I want the number to go into an awk variable. > [...] > This is what i wrote: > > > #! /bin/sh > > filename=$0 > awk 'getline no < filename; print no' > > But when I run this script > > sh /awk_no.sh /var/no.txt > > I hav

Re: using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Jack Mc Lauren
>>Hi Jack, HI > How can I read a file which contains a number and assign that number to > a variable via awk programming? By the way, I want to use this awk program > in a shell script. >>I'm actually not sure what you're asking, exactly -- you want the number >>to go into an awk variable? Or

Re: using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Frank Bonnet
On 12/17/2012 12:39 PM, Jack Mc Lauren wrote: Hi guys How can I read a file which contains a number and assign that number to a variable via awk programming? By the way, I want to use this awk program in a shell script. Thanks in advance ___ freebsd

Re: using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Ben Cottrell
Hi Jack, On Dec 17, 2012, at 03:39, Jack Mc Lauren wrote: > How can I read a file which contains a number and assign that number to > a variable via awk programming? By the way, I want to use this awk program > in a shell script. I'm actually not sure what you're asking, exactly -- you want the

using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Jack Mc Lauren
Hi guys How can I read a file which contains a number and assign that number to a variable via awk programming? By the way, I want to use this awk program in a shell script. Thanks in advance ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists

Re: OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-02 Thread Jonathan McKeown
e A Very Long String that containing records, > each delimited by a single space. I need to print those records in > columnar format, but with only 7 columns per line: > > record1 record2 record3 record4 record5 record6 record7 > record08 record09 record10 record11 record12 reco

Re: OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-02 Thread Josh Paetzel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Allen wrote: > On 11/1/08, Sahil Tandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> David Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> My apologies for asking on this list, but I'm stuck without Perl and need >>> to use awk to generate a report. >>> >>> I'm working

Re: OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-01 Thread David Allen
On 11/1/08, Sahil Tandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My apologies for asking on this list, but I'm stuck without Perl and need >> to use awk to generate a report. >> >> I'm working with a large data set spread across multiple files, but to >> keep things

Re: OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-01 Thread David Allen
On 11/1/08, Gary Newcombe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 18:21:55 -0700, "David Allen" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My apologies for asking on this list, but I'm stuck without Perl and need >> to use awk to generate a report. >> >> I'm working with a large data set spread acro

Re: OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-01 Thread Sahil Tandon
David Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My apologies for asking on this list, but I'm stuck without Perl and need > to use awk to generate a report. > > I'm working with a large data set spread across multiple files, but to > keep things simple, say I have A Very Long String that containing reco

Re: OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-01 Thread Gary Newcombe
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 20:17:54 -0800, "David Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/1/08, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 06:21:55PM -0700, David Allen wrote: > >> My apologies for asking on this list, but I'm stuck without Perl and need > >> to use awk to ge

Re: OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-01 Thread Gary Newcombe
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 18:21:55 -0700, "David Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My apologies for asking on this list, but I'm stuck without Perl and need > to use awk to generate a report. > > I'm working with a large data set spread across multiple files, but to > keep things simple, say I have A

Re: OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-01 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 08:17:54PM -0800, David Allen wrote: > On 11/1/08, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 06:21:55PM -0700, David Allen wrote: > >> My apologies for asking on this list, but I'm stuck without Perl and need > >> to use awk to generate a report.

Re: OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-01 Thread David Allen
On 11/1/08, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 06:21:55PM -0700, David Allen wrote: >> My apologies for asking on this list, but I'm stuck without Perl and need >> to use awk to generate a report. >> >> I'm working with a large data set spread across multiple files

Re: OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-01 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 06:21:55PM -0700, David Allen wrote: > My apologies for asking on this list, but I'm stuck without Perl and need > to use awk to generate a report. > > I'm working with a large data set spread across multiple files, but to > keep things simple, say I have A Very Long String

OT: Shell Script using Awk

2008-11-01 Thread David Allen
My apologies for asking on this list, but I'm stuck without Perl and need to use awk to generate a report. I'm working with a large data set spread across multiple files, but to keep things simple, say I have A Very Long String that containing records, each delimited by a single space. I need to