All Questions
46 questions
6
votes
13
answers
2k
views
UNIX command to add comma and space
I have a file that looks like
$ cat IP
10.3.1.1
10.4.1.1
10.6.3.1
10.19.4.2
10.22.3.4
How do I make it look like:
$ cat IP
10.3.1.1, 10.4.1.1, 10.6.3.1, 10.19.4.2, 10.22.3.4
0
votes
1
answer
836
views
Only perform sed operations on lines starting with a particular string [closed]
I have the following file format
Received from +11231231234 at 2021-10-10T19:56:50-07:00:
This is a message that contains words like from, at, etc.
Sent to +11231231234 at 2021-10-11T06:50:57+00:00:
...
- 73
0
votes
2
answers
317
views
How to create a sed script to replace quotes in a file? [duplicate]
So I manually use the following two commands in succession on my data file, i.e. I trigger the second command after the first has finished updating the file:
sed -i 's/""""/" &...
- 3
0
votes
1
answer
51
views
Query on updating a Config file
I am new to scripting and would need assistance in one of my requirement.
I have a config file having below information
Run=YES
I want to update the value to "No" through script. Below is ...
- 1
-1
votes
1
answer
39
views
print the count and the line after search based on pattern
I have lines like this in multiple log files
FILE 1:
Line 203:Caused by :arithmatic overflow exception
Line 204:at com.abc.java
FILE 2:
Line 105:Caused by : ???String out of bound exception
Line ...
0
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Need help in sed to replace text with empty space
How to replace below text with an empty line in a config file?
# + : STANDANRD\ADMIN_USERS_ONLY : ALL
0
votes
1
answer
647
views
Replacing multiple lines with sed using a scriptfile (sed -f)
Based on the awesome answer found here, I'm trying to use some of these commands inside a sed scriptfile that will be called using sed -f. The file has multiple sed commands and it's been working ...
- 101
1
vote
2
answers
79
views
Remove duplicates csv based on first value keeping the longest line between duplicates
I have many different csv files in a folder (megadrive.txt, snes.txt) like this:
Aerial Assault (USA);Aerial Assault (USA);Sega Master System;;;;;;;;;0;;;;;
Aerial Assault (USA);Aerial Assault (USA);...
- 19
0
votes
3
answers
160
views
I wish to replace a string containing a pattern using sed
I have the following lines in a file named ref.list.
234 ./XYZ_SiteMetric_TIMESTAMP.dat
456 ./XYZ_Site_TIMESTAMP.dat
I need to make them:
234 SiteMetric
456 Site
I am using the ...
2
votes
3
answers
2k
views
How can I substitute a text that is inside single quotes on multiple lines using command-line tools?
I have a script that has a $variable storing a text with an undetermined number of lines. Let's say I've named it script.bash and it's located in $HOME:
#!/bin/bash
# commands on the beginning of my ...
- 2,696
2
votes
2
answers
8k
views
How to search and replace for multiple words in one shot
I need to search and replace multiple words. For example, in my file, I want to search for any name of week days that appears with a comma after it: Sat, or Sun, or Mon, or Tue, or Wed, or Thur, or ...
- 59
1
vote
3
answers
63
views
Extracting text from a file when I know its format
I am running a script which will output a file called scServer.scs which looks something like this:
[email protected]
2
Solution 1
Fluid Flow (Fluent)
Solution
...
- 15
-1
votes
3
answers
133
views
Json. How to add a sentence after : [closed]
The following is an extroct from a json file, that I have:
},
{
"name": "asdasd",
"script": "dsad.js",
"merge_logs": ture,
"error_file": "/ofghfghgfh.log",
"out_file": "/...
- 131
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
How to replace an entire paragraph in a file?
I want to change this:
...
%%%23begin
aaaaaaa \\
bbbbbbb \\
ccccccc \\
%%%23end
...
to this
...
%%%23begin
xxxxxxxx \\
yyyyyyyy \\
zzzzzzzzz \\
tttttttt \\
%%%23end
...
the number of ...
- 363
0
votes
3
answers
1k
views
How to add a new profile entry to Firefox's profiles.ini using a script?
Firefox uses a text file named ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini to hold a list of profiles. The entries look similar to this:
[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=default
Default=1
...
[...
- 18.8k