automatic header insertion

olimiles · #1 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006

hi
Is there any way to automatically insert a predefined header into a file?
It would include the file name, author name, date and a description, the description entered on the first line of vi.

Thanks for any help

Oliver

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006

Do you mean while you are in vi?

olimiles · #3 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006

Hi jim
Thanks for the interest, it was when starting a new file in vi to automatically insert the header, but i worked it out.

Thanks though

Oliver

dsravan · #4 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006

Olimiles,

Can you let me know how you acheived it?

olimiles · #5 (**permalink**) 08-22-2006

No problem!

Code:

#!/bin/bash
AUTHOR=`grep $USER /etc/passwd | cut -d":" -f5`
DATE=`date '+%Y/%m/%d'`
read DESCRIPTION
cat << END
#!/bin/sh
####################################
## Program      : $1
## Author       : $AUTHOR
## Date         : $DATE
## Description  : $DESCRIPTION
###################################
END

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