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vgersh99 · #8 11-22-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by forevercalz

ok..my output was something similar to this..
abc

abc

abc

and when i run this ...i will get
abc abc abc...

i can get this in korn shell ..but not in bourne..dun know why,,

what was your input [$1 file content] to this script?

forevercalz · #9 11-22-2005

it is a txt file. abc.txt
the text file contains this:
abc

abc

abc

vgersh99 · #10 11-22-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by forevercalz

it is a txt file. abc.txt

ok....... what's the content of abc.txt?

if abc.txt contains the following:

Code:

abc
def
123
456
789

and runnning the script under '/bin/ksh' I get the following output in abc.txt:

Code:

456 789

which is exactly what the script is supposed to do.

forevercalz · #11 11-22-2005

yes..you are right...but now i do not want it to be done in korn shell..i want it in bourne shell....when i run it in bourne shell..it doesnt works..which i hope you guys can help me out...

vgersh99 · #12 11-22-2005

a shell independent script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
home=c:/..../
input=$1

nawk 'FNR > 3 {printf("%s%c", $0, OFS)}END{print ""}' "$1"  > "$1".out && mv "$1".out "$1"

forevercalz · #13 11-22-2005

hi thanks however..why i get my output like this? in sliding manner.. i only want a space after each abc...
abc
...................abc
............................................... abc

please ingore the dots...

vgersh99 · #14 11-22-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by forevercalz

hi thanks however..why i get my output like this? in sliding manner.. i only want a space after each abc...
abc
...................abc
............................................... abc

please ingore the dots...

strange.......

given input [ $1 ]:

Code:

and the script above ..... I get:

Code:

4 123 123456

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