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# 1  
Old 07-25-2006
How do I stop printf output from going into seperate txt files
I am using
Code:
printf "%-75s%+10s   %5s   %1s   \n" $s $z $x $y > status

It works really well, however, when I email status it is sending 10 emails when I would like it to be in one.

Is there a way to make all the output to go into one instance of a txt file. Yet still keep it 1 on each line?



Chris
# 2  
Old 07-25-2006
I think we need to see more of your script.
What do you mean by 10 emails? Ten separate emails sent to one person? Ten files?
# 3  
Old 07-25-2006
What I mean is whats supposed to happen is all of the output should go to one text file status. Whats happening is printf is copying one line at a time and creating a new status txt file every time.
Here is the almost completed script.

Code:
echo What is the account name?
read account
echo What is the email?
read email
echo How many hours?
read  hours
let t=$hours*60

find . ! -name '.*'  -type f -mmin "+$t" > holder
cut -c 3-70 holder > uploads
for f in $(<uploads); do s=`echo "$PWD/$f" | sed -e "s/^.*\.fileburst\.com/$account.fileburst.com/"`;z=`ls -la "$f" | awk '{ printf("%10d\n", $5)}'`; x=`ls -la "$f"| awk '{printf("%3s-%2s-%4s", $6, $7, $8)}'`;y=`md5sum "$f"| awk '{print $1}'`;
#echo -e "$s\t\t$z\t$x\t$y"
printf "%-75s%+10s   %5s   %1s   \n" $s $z $x $y > status

##mail -s "The following files have been uploaded to your directory chris2" -c "chris.collins@fuse.net" susant <  status
rm -rf uploads
rm -rf holder
done







When it emails status, it is also 1 email 1 line at a time.

Chris
# 4  
Old 07-25-2006
Try this one (I didn't test it, so it may be considered as pseudocode, just idea)

Code:
echo What is the account name?
read account
echo What is the email?
read email
echo How many hours?
read  hours
let t=$hours*60

find . ! -name '.*'  -type f -mmin "+$t" > holder
cut -c 3-70 holder > uploads
echo > status
for f in $(<uploads); do s=`echo "$PWD/$f" | sed -e "s/^.*\.fileburst\.com/$account.fileburst.com/"`;z=`ls -la "$f" | awk '{ printf("%10d\n", $5)}'`; x=`ls -la "$f"| awk '{printf("%3s-%2s-%4s", $6, $7, $8)}'`;y=`md5sum "$f"| awk '{print $1}'`;
#echo -e "$s\t\t$z\t$x\t$y"
printf "%-75s%+10s   %5s   %1s   \n" $s $z $x $y >> status

done

mail -s "The following files have been uploaded to your directory chris2" -c "chris.collins@fuse.net" susant <  status
rm -rf uploads
rm -rf holder
rm -rf status

# 5  
Old 07-25-2006
You are an absolute life saver! Thank you
# 6  
Old 07-25-2006
THIS IS A NEW ISSUE. I am having mail command problems.
Here is the code
[CODE]
printf "%-75s%+10s %5s %1s \n" $s $z $x $y >> status

mail -s "Uploads!" -c "chris.collins@fuse.net" susant < status




Here are the two issues-

1) the format that printf allowed me to have where my output was in columns is messed up when I mail it to an email address. It no longer lines up in columns.

2) The other issue is I am recieving multiple emails with this mail commad, instead of just 1??? I am not sure if this is a printf issue or a mail issue?

Chris
# 7  
Old 07-26-2006
1. Can you copy and paste the output of a mail received into a post so that users can see in what way the output is malformed. (Edit as required to remove personal information, but try to keep the same number of characters)

2. You will need to include more of your script. There does not appear to be anything in what you have posted thus far to cause the problem.
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