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Old 09-24-2010
Java UNIX file reading

i have a directory that has n files starting with ABC_00x.txt and ABC_00x.txt where x is the integer number.
i want to read the contents of each file and write it into a log file.
can somebody help me in writing the shell script in unix
# 2  
Old 09-24-2010
something like this will work...

Code:
for n in `ls`
do
cat $n >> out.log
done


Last edited by Scott; 09-24-2010 at 01:43 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 09-24-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by vkca
i have a directory that has n files starting with ABC_00x.txt and ABC_00x.txt where x is the integer number.
i want to read the contents of each file and write it into a log file.
If x is a single digit number.
Code:
cat ABC_00?.txt >> log.file

# 4  
Old 09-24-2010
may be just?

Code:
cat ABC_00[0-9]*.txt > file.log

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