Re: bash scripting help

[Bob Proulx]

chitti wrote:
> I need to seperate the UDP and TCP ports from the /etc/services files.
> any pointers or help on scripting this in bash would be helpful

Open ended questions such as that are not the greatest way to get
going.  It is better if you read one of the many tutorials and howtos
that are available and then work from there.  Look here for a few.
Then after you have an idea of how to proceed post your questions.

  http://www.google.com/search&q=bash+scripting

I would start here for a quick list of useful references.

  Bash Guide for Beginners
    http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html

  Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
    http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html

  Bash FAQ
    http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/bash/

  A bash wiki faq site
    http://wooledge.org/mywiki/BashFAQ

  A bash wiki site
    http://www.bash-hackers.org/wiki/doku.php

Bob