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Using awk on the Command Line to Parse Files

April 22, 2011 by Annyce Davis 1 Comment

I needed to format a file that contained a list of words with their accompanying definitions.  I didn’t need the definitions and wanted to put an ‘item’ tag around each word.  awk to the rescue!

The Command:
awk '{print ""$1""}' < words.xml
I have this stored in the words.xml file:
BAD something bad
BAG to put into a bag
BAH intj. expressing disgust
BAL type of shoe (balmoral)
BAM to strike with a dull sound
BAN to prohibit/Rumanian coin
After running the command, I get:
<item>BAD</item>
<item>BAG</item>
<item>BAH</item>
<item>BAL</item>
<item>BAM</item>
<item>BAN</item>
Thanks awk!

Unix History Command

August 13, 2009 by Annyce Davis Leave a Comment

In order to save myself from painstakingly typing the same commands over and over again I invested a little time in learning about the Unix history command. One workflow that I have found very useful is the following:

!vi – repeats the last vi command that I typed (apply this to any command)
!! – repeats the last command that I typed

history – prints out the entire history with the associated number for each command
example:
100 – vi info.txt
101 – mv info.txt noinfo.txt

history > myhistory.txt – this will store the contents of my history in a file for later reference

Using the information derived from history I can then do the following:
!100 – this will perform the command vi info.txt
more !:$ – this will take the first argument of the last command and perform a new command on it. So in this instance I will essentially have more info.txt.

Amazing stuff, hunh!

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