My sig file grows larger. And every once in a while, I want to be
selective about which sigs are selected by my random sig selector (a
plugin for thunderbird).
I thought about making a script that moves the sig file out of the way,
and greps certain lines from the main sig file (now a different name),
and dumps them into a sig file of the original name. But my problem is
that I need grep to cough up everything between the two "%" delimiters,
not just the matching line. And further, if more than one sig matches,
I don't want two successive delimiter lines. And finally, I don't want
a delimiter line at the beginning or end of the resulting file.
I don't have much experience with such things outside of DOS batch
files, and even that was long ago. But I'm thinking I may need to use
grep -n STRING to identify the line numbers of the matches, and grep -n
^%$ to identify the delimiter lines. But then it would be a matter of
telling sed to grab the appropriate line numbers. But how do I get the
script to calculate which line numbers?
Is there a decent online resource or three that has information fit for
a beginner but is capable of getting me where I want to go?
Here's my rudimentary understanding of what I need in my script. But
first, from the command line:
$ filterSigs Lan
<script filterSigs>
#!/bin/bash
mv sigFile sigFileOriginal
grep -n $1 <sigFileOriginal > matchingLinesOnly
# This yields 10 quotes of Lan, and one quote mentioning Lan's name
grep -n ^%$ <sigFileOriginal > delimiterLinesOnly
# Now to start a new selective subset sig file
echo Ralph\<br\>> sigFile
echo \<br\>>> sigFile
echo -------------------->> sigFile
echo $>> sigFile
# I need a way for the script file to know that I
# need lines 11 thru 13,
# then 23-25, 32-34, 104-106, 166-168, 169-171,
# then 216-218, 243-245, 270-272, & 294-303
# except that since 303 is the final delimiter,
# just drop that one.
# Note that the quotes grep tagged were all
# 3 lines each (including delimiter line) except
# the final one, which was 10 lines (only 9 if you
# drop the final delimiter line).
</script filterSigs>
<file matchingLinesOnly>
12:--Lan Barnes<br>
24:--Lan Barnes<br>
33:--Lan Barnes<br>
105:--Lan Barnes<br>
167:--Lan Barnes<br>
170:--Lan Barnes<br>
216:Suppose a supernatural being, say Zeus, threw lightning bolts at
Lan's house. Since one of his fundamental assumptions is that there's
no supernatural, his explanation will necessarily not acknowledge the
possibility of a supernatural being throwing lightning bolts. He will
find an explanation that /fits/.<br>
244:--Lan Barnes<br>
271:--Lan Barnes<br>
296:--Lan Barnes<br>
302:--Lan Barnes<br>
</file matchingLinesOnly>
<file delimiterLinesOnly>
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</file delimiterLinesOnly>
--
Ralph
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The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow
words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways
to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
--James Davis Nicoll
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