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08-03-2012, 03:05 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2012
Location: Chennai,India
Posts: 4
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Replace a particular field in a particular line with user input using awk
I have a file called addr_book with the following data
FNAME LNAME ADDRESS PHONE COUNTRY
Harry Williams Virginia 1234 USA
Divya Purush Chennai 2098 India
Smith John Kentucky 1093 USA
Carol Stevens Wisconsin 3410 USa
Smith Williams sydney 5120 Aus
Feena Joseph veitname 1098 -
I have to edit the fname here.User enters the fname and lname of the person whose name i have to edit and also the new fname.With this I have to replace the fname.
I used the following
num1=$(awk -v new1="$lname" -v new="$fname" '($2==new1 && $1==new) {print NR}' addr_book)
echo "Enter the new fname:"
read new1
awk -v n="$choice" -v new="$new1" -v n1="$num1"
'{for (i=1;i<=5;i++) { if(($i=="$n") && (NR=="$n1")) $i="$new";print}' addr_book > addr_book.bak.
It is not giving the desired output...Can Some one help me pls?
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08-03-2012, 04:08 AM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2009
Posts: 55
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Hi,
Code:
fname=Smith
lname=John
newn=Garry
awk -v "lname=$lname" -v "fname=$fname" -v "newn=$newn" '$0 ~ fname" "lname {sub("^"fname,newn); print}' addr_book
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1 members found this post helpful.
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08-03-2012, 05:08 AM
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#3
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Perth
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 10,031
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Well I agree with most of the last reply but see no reason to use sub:
Code:
awk -v "lname=$lname" -v "fname=$fname" -v "newn=$newn" '$0 ~ fname" "lname{$1 = newn}1' addr_book
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1 members found this post helpful.
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08-03-2012, 05:19 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2012
Location: Chennai,India
Posts: 4
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Thanks a lot to both of you
What if i want to ask the user as which field to edit and edit tat field
echo "Enter the field you want to edit[1,2,3,4,5] :"
echo "1.First_name
2.last_name
3.Address
4.Phone
5.Country"
read choice
echo "Enter the new field:"
read new1
if the user enters 3,i have to edit Address field..Can i use for loop in this case?
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08-03-2012, 06:31 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2012
Location: Chennai,India
Posts: 4
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This is the code i am using to achieve the above scenario...But its not working
awk -v "lname=$lname" -v "fname=$fname" -v "newn=$newn" -v "ch=$choice" '$1 ~ fname && $2 ~ lname{for (i=1;i<=5;i++) if (ch==$i) $i = newn}1 ' addr_book
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08-03-2012, 07:28 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Perth
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 10,031
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Depends how much effort you want to put in I guess, here is one direction:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/awk -f
BEGIN{
getline list
split(list, items)
printf "Please enter first name: "
getline fname < "-"
printf "Please enter last name: "
getline lname < "-"
print "Select item from list below to be changed (enter corresponding number):"
for( i = 1; i <= length(items); i++ )
print i":",items[i]
printf "> "
getline num < "-"
printf "Enter new data: "
getline change < "-"
print list
}
$1 == fname && $2 == lname{ $num = change }
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Last edited by grail; 08-03-2012 at 07:30 AM.
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08-09-2012, 09:57 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2012
Location: Chennai,India
Posts: 4
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@grail
This looks a bit complex.Isnt there a easy way to do this.
Cant we use a for loop like the below
awk -v "lname=$lname" -v "fname=$fname" -v "newn=$newn" -v "ch=$choice" '$1 ~ fname && $2 ~ lname{for (i=1;i<=5;i++) if (ch==$i) $i = newn}1 ' addr_book
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08-09-2012, 10:23 AM
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#8
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Perth
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 10,031
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And where did you get all the variables from that you have created, ie lname, fname, newn, choice?
Once you have all the variables set, from mine you would only need:
Code:
$1 == fname && $2 == lname{ $num = change }
Remember I did say:
Quote:
Depends how much effort you want to put in
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This a complete script and needs no extra input such as your shell variables (as mentioned above)
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