Re: This question is regarding shell , sorry for posting but in urgency

["sjonnalagadda" <sjonnalagadda osi-tech com>]

Thank You
 
regards 
J.S.Murthy

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:03:06 -0400, Tristan Van Berkom wrote
> sjonnalagadda wrote:
> 
> >hello all
> > I express my sincere applogies for posting this kind of stuff in rpm 
> >  mailing list. But can any one help
> >  
> >  I have a file like
> > 
> > abc
> > def
> > hig
> >    from:
> >   cdb
> >   dfdfd
> >   make dev
> >   solution
> >    from:
> >    this is test
> >   case from
> >  
> >   i want to obtain  all contentes from top to 2nd from:
> > can any onehelp in guiding me to write shell script
> > regards
> >  
> >
> ############################
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> file=$1
> let fromcnt = 0
> 
> for i in `cat $file` ; do
>     if [ "$i" -eq "from:" ]; then
>         let fromcnt = $fromcnt + 1;
>     fi      
>     if [ "$fromcnt" -eq "2" ]; then
>         break;
>     fi
>     echo $i;
> done
> ##############################
> 
> NOTE:
> if [ "$fromcnt" -eq "2" ]; then ...
> 
> may be glitchy (maybe need an integer expression instead
> of a string comparison) but I'm not sure.
> 
> you might not get the leading spaces on lines either:
> 
> abc
> def
> hig
> from:
> cdb
> dfdfd
> make dev
> solution
> 
> HTH,
>                 -Tristan
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Rpm-list mailing list
> Rpm-list@redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list