SUBTOOL(1) USER COMMANDS SUBTOOL(1)
NAME
subtool - Perform substitutions on variables in an ascii
text file.
SYNOPSIS
subtool file_name substitution_file
AVAILABILITY
The tool in available under Unix from the EPICS application
directory provided by getrel in release 3.11 or greater.
DESCRIPTION
This tool applies variable substitutions to file_name
according to rules in the substitution_file to produce a
file at standard out. See templatefile(5) for a full
description of the substitution file.
EXAMPLE
Running the command "subtool file_name sub_file" with
sub_file contents of
{ a=test1,b=one }
{ a=test2,b=two }
and file_name contents of
This is var a: $(a), this is var b: $(b)
This is another var a: $(a), this is another var b: $(b)
writes to standard out the following:
This is var a: test1, this is var b: one
This is another var a: test1, this is another var b: one
This is var a: test2, this is var b: two
This is another var a: test2, this is another var b: two
NOTES
This tool will use all type of templatefile(5) definitions.
If an IOC type is used by the tool, the dbfile(5) informa-
tion will be ignored and the file_name will be used.
SEE ALSO
templatefile(5)
Sun Release 4.1 Last change: 04 Nov 1993 1