Need help with a Shell Script

[drgnlvrs]

I have a program that is passing a variable with several names in it: a$ = rich, tom, chuck, pat

I want to replace the commas with an email extension like @yahoo.com

The result should create a variable with the information like this:

Names$ = rich@yahoo.com, tom@yahoo.com, chuck@yahoo.com, pat@yahoo.com

What is the easiest way to do this in a shell script.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

That syntax doesn't look like a shell script to me. What kind of shell script, exactly?

And if you only replace commas, the last name won't get an @yahoo.com.

In bourne shell:

a="rich, tom, chuck, pat"
Names=`echo -n $a | sed 's/,/@yahoo.com/'`@yahoo.com

 

[drgnlvrs]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
That syntax doesn't look like a shell script to me. What kind of shell script, exactly? And if you only replace commas, the last name won't get an @yahoo.com. In bourne shell: a="rich, tom, chuck, pat" Names=`echo -n $a | sed 's/,/@yahoo.com/'`@yahoo.com

The names are not the Shell Script, they are the data the variable contains that I need. I want to append the rest of the email address to each of them, so need to be able to read them seperately.

Using AWK, I was able to add the email address but am not able to pass the variable with the whole addresses out of the AWK statement.

I am just trying to find the easiest way to do this, so far it seems like I just keep jumping through hoops for something that should be pretty simple.

Thanks.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: drgnlvrs

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
That syntax doesn't look like a shell script to me. What kind of shell script, exactly? And if you only replace commas, the last name won't get an @yahoo.com. In bourne shell: a="rich, tom, chuck, pat" Names=`echo -n $a | sed 's/,/@yahoo.com/'`@yahoo.com

The names are not the Shell Script, they are the data the variable contains that I need.

Well duh. I've never seen the "foo$ = bar" syntax before, it's definietly not bourne shell syntax, and I'm pretty sure csh doesn't look like that.

I want to append the rest of the email address to each of them, so need to be able to read them seperately.

Using AWK, I was able to add the email address but am not able to pass the variable with the whole addresses out of the AWK statement.

I am just trying to find the easiest way to do this, so far it seems like I just keep jumping through hoops for something that should be pretty simple.

Thanks.

Hello? I gave you an answer.

 

[drgnlvrs]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: drgnlvrs

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey That syntax doesn't look like a shell script to me. What kind of shell script, exactly? And if you only replace commas, the last name won't get an @yahoo.com. In bourne shell: a="rich, tom, chuck, pat" Names=`echo -n $a | sed 's/,/@yahoo.com/'`@yahoo.com

The names are not the Shell Script, they are the data the variable contains that I need.

Well duh. I've never seen the "foo$ = bar" syntax before, it's definietly not bourne shell syntax, and I'm pretty sure csh doesn't look like that.

I want to append the rest of the email address to each of them, so need to be able to read them seperately. Using AWK, I was able to add the email address but am not able to pass the variable with the whole addresses out of the AWK statement. I am just trying to find the easiest way to do this, so far it seems like I just keep jumping through hoops for something that should be pretty simple. Thanks.

Hello? I gave you an answer.

Sorry, I missed your comment at the bottom. I will give that a try tommorow. Thanks.