UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

for file in $Filelist; do 
echo $file; 
FileName=`basename $file`; 
sed 's/^M//g' $file> "${file}"2;
mv "${file}"2 "${file}"; 
sed '1d' "${file}" >"${file}"1; 
mv "${file}"1 $file; 
sed 's/^$/|/'|tr '\n\r' ' '> "${file}"1
mv "${file}"1 $file; 
done

#!/bin/sh

# This will let 'read' eat the carriage returns
IFS="$(printf " \r\n\t")"

while read FILE
do
        (       # Read the header, and the blank line
                read HEADER
                read BLANK
                # Print it out without a newline
                printf "%s|" "$HEADER"
                # Let tr handle the rest
                tr -s '[\r\n]' ' '
                # Add a newline to the end
                echo
        # This entire block reads from $FILE, writes to $FILE.1
        ) < "$FILE" > "$FILE.1"
done < masterlist

  for file in Text_file/*
do
   tr -d '\15' < $file> $file.1
   sed '1d'<$file.1> $file.2
   sed -e '1s/$/|/'<$file.2> $file.1
   tr -s '\n' ' ' <$file.1> $file
   rm $file.1
   rm $file.2
done