Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 17:46:53 -0700 From: "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Real dumb shell script/awk question Message-ID: <001201c14d37$3a59fac0$14ce21c7@avatar.com>
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I need to bang together a simple shell script to parse a flat ascii database. The fields are variable width, but each field is separated by the "|" character. Basically, all this script needs to do is to read the database, one line at a line, and if field X is equal to value Y, then print the value of field Z. The user must be able to specify X, Y, and Z on the command line. Now, for the life of me, I can't seem to figure out a simple way of doing this with a bourne shell script. I think awk can do it, but the man pages didn't help me too much with the language. I know other language, like perl, are probably better suited, but I need to customize this script per the clients request, and it will only be needed for a couple of weeks and he'll never need this again. Any tips on how to do this? I'm sure there is a simple way and I'm drawing a blank. Thanks, Kory To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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