01-29-2011
CSV file
I am new to script writing. With the help of others I now have a script that reads the files names in a folder and records each file name in a comma delimited file. "import.txt".
I can now import this into Open office Calc as a TextCSV file but it places each file name at the head of a separate column.
What I really want is to be able to import the file such that it shows each file name in a separate row but in the 1 column.
It seems to me I need some how to put a return. line feed or carriage return in where the , is in the script.
How do I do this?
I known one can do an Edit cut and the a special paste in a way that transposes the data base from a single long row of data and to a single column but this is messy for the numbers I have to do. So if it can be done in the generation of the CSV file it would be a lot beter and easier.
I am using OpenOffice 3.3, and Fedora 14 64 bit as the OS
The current script in the area where the comma is is
"$LINE," >> import.txt: done.
This works fine for what I want but it gives the end results as I say with the file name one per column when importing as comma delimited.
Thanks
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PSC(1) General Commands Manual PSC(1)
NAME
psc - prepare sc files
SYNOPSIS
psc [-fLkrSPv] [-s cell] [-R n] [-C n] [-n n] [-d c]
DESCRIPTION
Psc is used to prepare data for input to the spreadsheet calculator sc(1). It accepts normal ascii data on standard input. Standard out-
put is a sc file. With no options, psc starts the spreadsheet in cell A0. Strings are right justified. All data on a line is entered on
the same row; new input lines cause the output row number to increment by one. The default delimiters are tab and space. The column for-
mats are set to one larger than the number of columns required to hold the largest value in the column.
OPTIONS
-f Omit column width calculations. This option is for preparing data to be merged with an existing spreadsheet. If the option is not
specified, the column widths calculated for the data read by psc will override those already set in the existing spreadsheet.
-L Left justify strings.
-k Keep all delimiters. This option causes the output cell to change on each new delimiter encountered in the input stream. The
default action is to condense multiple delimiters to one, so that the cell only changes once per input data item.
-r Output the data by row first then column. For input consisting of a single column, this option will result in output of one row
with multiple columns instead of a single column spreadsheet.
-s cell
Start the top left corner of the spreadsheet in cell. For example, -s B33 will arrange the output data so that the spreadsheet
starts in column B, row 33.
-R n Increment by n on each new output row.
-C n Increment by n on each new output column.
-n n Output n rows before advancing to the next column. This option is used when the input is arranged in a single column and the
spreadsheet is to have multiple columns, each of which is to be length n.
-d c Use the single character c as the delimiter between input fields.
-P Plain numbers only. A field is a number only when there is no imbedded [-+eE].
-S All numbers are strings.
-v Print the version of psc
SEE ALSO
sc(1)
AUTHOR
Robert Bond
PSC 7.16 19 September 2002 PSC(1)