topic Re: How do I write this scipt in Operating System - HP-UX

How do I write this scipt

Fonda — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:52:39 GMT

I want to write a script to modify a variable list, like

fruit="apple pear banana"
I want to modiy it to something like
fruit="apple cherry pear banana strawberry"

How do I write this shell command? Thanks

Re: How do I write this scipt

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:56:11 GMT

maybe the shift command

fruit="apple pear bannana"
var2="stawberry"
fruit="${fruit}${var2}"

echo $fruit

Output is:
apple cherry pear banana strawberry

SEP

Re: How do I write this scipt

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:01:32 GMT

Hi,

YOu will need to where you are going to add your values. To add cherry after apple and strawberry to the end, I would do the following

fruit=$(echo $fruit|sed -e 's/apple/apple cherry/g' -e 's/$/ strawberry/')

There is a space after strawberry in the second sed statement.
-Sri

Re: How do I write this scipt

Ronelle van Niekerk — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:51:42 GMT

This will add cherry and strawberry to the end of the other fruits:

fruit="apple pear banana"

fruit="$fruit cherry strawberry"

#echo $fruit
apple pear banana cherry strawberry

You could use awk to add cherry to the middle of the other fruits and strawbwerry to the end:

fruit=`echo $fruit | awk '{print $1_"_cherry_"_$2_"_"_$3_"_strawberry"}'

- replace the underscores with spaces.

Re: How do I write this scipt

curt larson_1 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:11:02 GMT

you could do something like the attached script does

Re: How do I write this scipt

Martin Robinson — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:15:04 GMT

It's quite easy.

fruit="apple pear banana"
fruit="apple cherry pear banana strawberry"

.. unless you are trying to perform an operation on the original value, but you don't give enough information on what you are really trying to do.

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