Questions tagged [text-processing]
Manipulation or examining of text by programs, scripts, etc.
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Find consecutive integers from list of numbers
With a file of integers separated by newlines, I would like to search for consecutive integers, then list the amount of integers that are consecutive per uninterrupted sequence, as well as the ...
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Count number of repeated multi-character strings in file in bash
I am trying to search for consecutive, repeated instances of numbers in a file, with each number on a different line. It's easiest to show what I mean in an example.
For example, my input would be: ...
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Replace text using sed and also add single quote to it
I answered this question, but I am stuck on the part where I have to add a single quote also to it.
Like original file is:
$$BATCHCTRL=TEST-012017
$$STATE=CA AZ
$$FROM_DATE=01/10/2017
$$TO_DATE=01/...
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Find String and Replace with SUBSTRING
I have the file like this. ex.(test.txt)
$$BATCHCTRL=TEST-012017
$$STATE=CA AZ
$$FROM_DATE=01/10/2017
$$TO_DATE=01/30/2017
All I need to do is replace this $$STATE=CA AZ with first TWO bytes of this ...
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unix shell script : Merging data(lines) of 2 different text files
files have many entries but for sample posting only 2 entries each. I want to merge file1 first line content with file 2's 1st line content and so on.example is as below.
file1.txt
Start Date: 2019-...
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Enter IP at the end of a specific line
I have the following file.txt that follows the same pattern and I want to modify it where this file is by adding an ip:
# gfhfhgfh
gfhfghgfhgfhgfh
MACs
# access
USER CONSOLA *,!10.249.247.3,!10.249....
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How to sort by odd lines then remove repeated values?
I have the following type of file:
transcr_25793 +
YAL039C -
transcr_25793 +
YAL037C-B -
transcr_20649 +
YBL100C -
transcr_7135 +
YBL029C-A -
transcr_11317 +
YBL067C -
transcr_25793 +
YAL038W +
...
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using unix command, how to add column which as same name for example add salary which as same name? [duplicate]
name salary
pooja 1000
yashu 2000
gagan 3000
pooja 2000
yash 3000
pooja 2000
yashu 2000
Answer should be
pooja [sum of all salary],
yashu [sum of all salary]... conti
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Extract multiple lines if match
I have a command that outputs information about all DIMM slots in blocks like the following:
ID SIZE TYPE
44 105 SMB_TYPE_MEMDEVICE (type 17) (memory device)
Manufacturer: NO DIMM
Serial ...
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Occurence Count
184.13.80.102 - - [07/Jan/2019:00:33:10 -0500] "GET /?p=454 HTTP/1.1" 200 8822 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:64.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/64.0"
184.13.80.102 - - [07/Jan/2019:20:16:...
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SQL operation on csv file using bash or shell
This is my input file
0164318,001449,001452,001922
0164318,001456,001457,001922
0842179,002115,002118,001485
0846354,001512,001513,001590
0841422,001221,001224,001860
0841422,001227,...
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Parse a txt file into different files based upon tags [duplicate]
I need not parse below file into three files starting with tag [] until next tag is found in file.
File is below:
[AAA]
SERIALNUMBER=2E:00:11:5A:FD:BA:16
SERIALNUMBER=2E:00:11:B1:30:CC:AF
...
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How can I regex match-and-replace _all_ on-screen text?
I need a way to replace an on-screen pattern with another string, regardless of what places that text on the screen. Maybe I can live without user input being replaced, but anything that comes from ...
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Fetch line which contains only some specific symbol and number
I Need only those records from below file which contains Symbol like "+" and number and characters.
285627
AA283244
278178##
295456+
asdfasdf{
asdfasdfasdf
I tried below code but it gives all ...
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How to print a new line if a pattern from a column matches in 2 lines?
I have the following file:
transcr_15824 -
YML042W -
transcr_18545 -
YCR105W +
transcr_16934 +
YDR032C +
transcr_15237 +
YDL008W -
I do need something that looks like this:
transcr_15824 -
YML042W -...
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How can I remove repeated lines taking into consideration the text from just a column?
I have the following file:
ICR1 +
ICR1+1+3199 +
ICR1+2526+2828 +
IRT1 +
IRT1+1+1489 +
IRT1+713+937 +
LSR1 -
LSR1+1+1175 -
LSR1+366+638 -
NME1 +
NME1+1+340 +
NME1+2+118 +
PWR1 -
PWR1+1+941 -
PWR1+724+...
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How remove duplicate names and print array after unique names
How to collapse KO categories with the same name and print gene names that were assigned to each category in array, as in example below.
I have this:
K00002 gene_65472
K00002 gene_212051
K00002 ...
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How to separate each line of text by comma and put them in an array?
I have a text file and I want to create an array out of it like this: array=["line1","line2",...].
Here are the first lines of my text:
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Edited Barbara B Mowat Paul ...
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Find all lines containing only the same character and replace with the same amount of another character
My goal is to convert a NEWS format (the output of appstream-util appdata-to-news) to a markdown format (to use on GitHub/GitLab).
A good approximation for me would be to just go from this:
Version ...
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How to compare the content inside a txt file?
I have a txt file which named as output.txt:
output.txt
2128,4.4
2128,5.5
I wish to have a compare script that first line first number before comma is equal to second line first number, then it ...
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Reading multiple files and operating on stored Arrays
I have 2 text files "${LinkP}" and "${QuestionP}. I want to read these files and store each complete line in the respective array,
IFS=$'\r\n' GLOBIGNORE='*' command eval "LinkA=($(cat "${LinkP}"))"
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Oneliner for outputting to file only if string is matched (bash)?
I am making a script where I curl a URL and output to a file like this:
curl http://example.com/$1 > $1
Is there any way to make it dismiss anything that doesn't include, say <head>? I ...
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CSV to html with dynamic color coding
I have written the shell script below to convert csv to HTML with color coding for a single file and it's working properly.
The condition for color coding is different for different reports (csv files)...
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awk + count strings in file
we have huge file like this
this is partial list in the file
Topic: Ho_HTR_bvt Partition: 31 Leader: 1007 Replicas: 1007,1008,1009 Isr: 1009,1007,1008
Topic: Ho_HTR_bvt Partition:...
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Compare columns in 2 files and put information according to file 1 [duplicate]
I have 2 files, file 1 and file 2 and I want to compare column 1 in file to column 1 in file 2 and have additional column generated with column 2 in file 3
File 1:
9001 Whitby On
9002 ...
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Join two files based on a common field
I'm trying to join two files together based on their common field, and output it to a file, using the join command.
File 1:
C01:Nancy:Jones:njones@abc.com
C02:Barbara:Madison:bmadison@bcd.com
C03:...
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grep specific number from lines 5 but not 25 or 52 and so on
I need to find a user for a userid. The return from the authentication system is as follows. Now with a bash script I need to extract the line with the exact number. Not 5 and 25 ..
------------
ID ...
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Awk to print lines in file with multiple delimiters
I have a file that looks like:
chr1 1197592 . C A . . DP=67;ECNT=1;NLOD=8.12 GT:AD:AF:F1R2 0/1:37,2:0.063:13,0
chr1 1355707 . G T . . DP=69;ECNT=1;NLOD=4.51 GT:AD:AF:...
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How to replace a single similar line only AFTER a match [closed]
I am trying to search for a specific item [7_addons] and ONLY replace the NEXT entry that appears from enabled=0 to enabled=1.
in this example:
sed -i -e 's#enabled=0#enabled=1#g' /etc/file.txt
.....
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Sort multiple delimited file lexicographically by one column, numerically by another
I wish to sort the TSV file below (called min_ex) by the first column lexicographically and by the second column numerically.
A X, N 2.2
A, N 5.7
A, A 5.8
A, N 2.1
A, T 0.2
B G, M 2....
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Parse all strings of specific length?
I've exported my email archive of 10 years which is very large.
I want to parse all the text for any string that is 64 characters long in search of a bitcoin private key.
How can I parse strings of ...
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Using sed to replace the hexadecimal code for URL and to insert new SVG codes after SVG tag in all SVG files
I would like to ...
replace the hexadecimal code for URL (id) in all SVG files
insert/add the new lines of SVG codes after <svg ...>, using Regex.
Input:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/...
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Find the min and max value of column 3 and print whole row
I have huuuge sets of data consisting of 3 columns. I'd like to be able to find max and min values in the third column (there is mix of zeros and then negative values, so I want to find max negative ...
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Count lines containing word
I have a file with multiple lines. I want to know, for each word that appears in the total file, how many lines contain that word, for example:
0 hello world the man is world
1 this is the world
2 a ...
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Awk - replace one character only in a certain column
I have a file like this:
2018.01.02;1.5;comment 1
2018.01.04;2.75;comment 2
2018.01.07;5.25;comment 4
2018.01.09;1.25;comment 7
I want to replace all dots . in the second column with a comma , as I ...
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Delete empty line if there is only one between two lines, if there are two empty lines remove only one
I am getting db2 output as of below.
this is testing 1
this is testing 2
this is testing 4
The db2 provides output as, output for a query and a empty row and if there is no ...
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how can I merge two text files together
I have a text file like this
sp|QBWMM1-2|PDCI_Mouse(741-770) 8864=mil (25/2.20/2.50)
sp|Pm345|Hisf_Mouse(613-640) 776=mil (25/2.20/2.50)
sp|P0065-2|Hila_Mouse(344-393)6543=mil (25/2.20/2.50)
sp|...
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Awk - convert time value to decimal value
How can I use awk to convert a time value to a decimal value.
I have been using this command for the other way round (-> from):
awk '{printf "%d:%02d", ($1 * 60 / 60), ($1 * 60 % 60)}' <<< ...
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How to edit the entire file after match a grep pattern?
To simplify, I want to edit the whole file after matched pattern, example of a file:
$ cat file
ip=x.x.x.a
mask=255.0.0.0
host=a
ip=x.x.x.b
mask=255.0.0.0
host=b
ip=x.x.x.c
mask=255.0.0.0
host=c
ip=x....
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Shell script required for collection/compiling of data
I wanted to collect some stats in a specific format (of previous day) from my server log files using a cronjob everyday.
Below is the sample list of log files:-
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lpt tkg 2.0M **Jan 3**...
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Find empty value for any name in file
I have a file in the below format:
Name=Dan
Age=45
Name=Alex
Age=35
Cellphone=12345678901
Name=John
Age=
Cellphone=12345678901
This file has got 1000's of data items in above format, Name=Value.
If ...
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Remove even numbered lines of text file [duplicate]
I have a text file on a Linux system, and would like to remove every second line, which is "even" numbered. Example: I would like to remove the second line of the file, the fourth, sixth, eighth line, ...
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How to change data file format from Gnuplot to Tikz errorbars
I would like to change the format of Gnuplot errorbar data to LaTeX/Tikz format.
For example, the Gnuplot format data is:
5 74.92725 74.7028332590511 75.1516667409489
112.5 112.55897 112....
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How to start a new column after every nth row?
I have a file (comma separated) on a Linux system with 3 columns. I want to start new column after every 4th row.
Input:
col1,col2,col3
1,disease1,high
1,disease2,low
1,disease3,high
col1,col2,...
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Replace AWORD or BWORD with CWORD in sed
So I have a list of random websites of the following kind:
rapido21655bonk.a.sweetpotato.net
rapido26230bonk.a.sourpotato.net
rapido29926bonk.b.sourpotato.net
rapido29926bonk.b....
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Interaction of sed and for loop [duplicate]
for i in {1..25}; do cat file$((i)) | sed 's/.*/$((i))/'; done
doesn't print the current value of i but just $((i)). How can I make it print the value of i instead?
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Unix command to search with a string of 6 numbers for any 3 matching numbers per line
Does anyone know of a UNIX command or series of commands to list lines that contains 3 matching numbers to a search with 6 numbers? For example, searching with 38 39 40 41 42 43 I would like to see ...
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Creating Plain Text MAN Pages: Removing overstrike characters [duplicate]
I want to create plain text files of certain man pages such as the "ls" command.
Simply performing a man ls > ls.txt, and then running file ls.txt will inform me that this is full of 'ASCII text, ...
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Remove all lines that contain $PWD
I have a file that contains paths - looks like this:
/Users/a/Desktop
/Users/a/Documents
/Users/a/Documents/Work
What would be the easiest way to remove all lines that contain the current directory (...
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Linux: how to extract rows of certain IDs and the IDs are writtein in another files?
I have a csv file of IDs.
1
3
8
I have another file of information, not only for the IDs, but also others. If I want to extract the information only of the IDs, how to do it?
1 96 283 4
2 87 918 6
...
