hi,

Can anyone please explain to me what does this command in bold do. I am a beginner in unix & i somewhat know that sed can be used for replacement purposes;but i am unable to understand the 2 SED statements in the scripas to what is being performed. please help me understand in detail if possible as shell scripting is new to me.



# INPUT DATA

INP_FILE=E:/Testrel/nest/nestlib/build/winlib/WinLib.ORG
OUT_FILE=E:/Testrel/nest/nestlib/build/winlib/WinLib.dsp

ALLMOD_LIST=AllMod.db
NOPURC_MODS=NoPurc.txt
TMPLIST=tmp.txt
MODNAMES=modnames.txt
PURC_MODS=Purc.txt


# CREATE THE LIST OF ALL MODULES ONLY

cut -f1 -d: $ALLMOD_LIST > $MODNAMES

# CREATE THE LIST OF MODULES NOT PURCHASED BY THE CUSTOMERS

cp $ALLMOD_LIST $TMPLIST ####What does this line do or mean####

for MOD_PURCHASED in `cat $1.db`
do
sed "/$MOD_PURCHASED/d" $TMPLIST > $NOPURC_MODS
cp $NOPURC_MODS $TMPLIST
done

cp $TMPLIST $NOPURC_MODS
cp $INP_FILE $TMPLIST
for MODULE in `cat $NOPURC_MODS | cut -d: -f1`
do
if [ "$MODULE" = "SHEAR_NEST" ]
then
ShearModuleNotPurchased="TRUE"
fi
if [ "$MODULE" = "OPTI_RECT" ]
then
OptirectModuleNotPurchased="TRUE"
fi
if [ "$ShearModuleNotPurchased" = "TRUE" ] && [ "$OptirectModuleNotPurchased" = "TRUE" ]
then

sed "/^# Begin Group \"Core Rect Sources\"/,/^# End Group/d;/^# Begin Group \"Core Rect Headers\"/,/^# End Group/d" $TMPLIST > $OUT_FILE

cp $OUT_FILE $TMPLIST

rm -rf ../../af/rectcore
rm -rf ../../include/advanced/rectcore
fi

this is not urgent for our voluntary members, and your choice of title gives no insight at all in to the issues you are after help about.if you want help, you need to respect those who kindly donate their time to help others.

Welcome to LQ!

Please note that "Urgent" does not make us move faster---some people will not even open the thread with such a title.

You have several constructs in here:
variable substitution (eg $ALLMOD)
sed addressing (eg sed "/address1/,/address2/d"---deletes everything from address 1 to 2)
redirection (>)
escaping to force literal interpretation (eg \"Core Rect Sources")

To decipher a particular expression, look for the basic construct, and then take it apart. I'll do one example:
sed "/^# Begin Group \"Core Rect Sources\"/,/^# End Group/d;/^# Begin Group \"Core Rect Headers\"/,/^# End Group/d" $TMPLIST > $OUT_FILE

This has the basic form:
sed "/addr1/,/addr2/d" $var1 > $var2 (there are two instances of the (address range/d) construct, separated by the semicolon.)
The above decodes to:
read from the location stored in var1
In the range of addr1 to addr2, delete all lines
write to the location stored in var2

Now decode the first address:
/^# Begin Group \"Core Rect Sources\"/
At the beginning of the line (^), find this phrase: # Begin Group "Core Rect Sources"
The escaped quotes are required to force them to be interpreted correctly in this context. (Read more on quoting in a good BASH manual)

For a good SED tutorial:http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html
BASH manual:http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

Thank you Very much pixellany . I am greatful for your help.as for the "urgent" part, i am sorry for that . it was mentioned so as to add a key word urgent for faster reply. any ways I shall not repeat that mistake again.
Thank you once again pixellany.

And I took the liberty to rename the thread to something
more sensible ;}


Cheers,
Tink

Hi,

I noticed that the 2 paths which you are assigning to the variables $INP_FILE and $OUT_FILE appear to be Windows paths. Where are the files actually located from the *n?x machine's point of view? (For instance, if it's a Samba share on a Windows machine, you'll need to mount it somewhere and then replace "E:" with the mount point.)

Also, the other variables ($ALLMOD_LIST, $NOPURC_MODS, $TMPLIST, $MODNAMES, and $PURC_MODS) will only work if they reside in the same directory as the script. Likewise, with the rm commands at the end, if you're unsure where the script will be executed from, it would be better to explicitly state the paths so as to avoid any unintended consequences.

1337_penguin

cp $ALLMOD_LIST $TMPLIST
It jus copies allmod_list to a tmp file.

sed "/$MOD_PURCHASED/d" $TMPLIST > $NOPURC_MODS
cp $NOPURC_MODS $TMPLIST

Deletes the $MOD_PURCHASED in $TMPLIST.
And redirects it to $NOPURC_MODS. Then it is copied as $TMPLIST.

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