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user entered filename in a different directory
Yes ! i did tinker with file paths - and it does need the whole path from the top, down. many thanks, S. -
user entered filename in a different directory
HI, AWK program: echo -n "Enter from date: " read fromDate echo -n "Enter to date: " read toDate echo -n "Enter log name: " read log nawk -v fd="$fromDate" -v td="$toDate" '$0>="[" fd && $0<="[" td "9"' $log This allows a user to enter a log name, which is then used as the input by the... -
AWK write file to different directory
Hi thanks again Feherke, i did try your wrong combo, but i have never even heard of brackets around it! cheers Steve -
AWK write file to different directory
Hi, program: echo -n "Enter the file to process: " read inputFile date nawk ' /^\[.*\]/ { id=$3 f=id".txt" # assign f sub(/{/,"",f) # replace { with nothing, in variable f sub(/}/,"",f) # replace } with nothing, in variable f time=$1" "$2 #... -
AWK, Log file dates, <= && >=
Thanks PHV, adding that high 9 forces it to include everything below it. ta ! S. -
AWK, Log file dates, <= && >=
Hi, test2 contains: [2008-11-18 13:41:44,478] [2008-11-14 13:42:44,478] [2008-11-15 13:43:44,478] [2008-11-16 13:44:44,478] [2008-11-17 13:45:44,478] [2008-11-13 13:46:44,478] I am trying to pull out lines between 2 dates. So far i have this line: nawk '$0>="["from && $0<="["to'... -
AWK. Read file, create file using field $2 as the name.
Thanks a lot feherke, we had to adjust a bit as our requirements changed. thanks, S. -
AWK. Read file, create file using field $2 as the name.
That was quick! Would you mind breaking this down into an explanation please? Other solutions are also still welcome :-) Steve -
AWK. Read file, create file using field $2 as the name.
Hi, I'm on a Java project and we've found ourselves needing the beautiful language of AWK! Problem: I am reading through a file, line-by-line which looks like this: --------------------------- [dataA1] {dataA2} [dataB1] {dataB2} [dataC1] (dataC2} garbageG1 garbageG2 [dataD1] {dataD2}...
