how to cat files with path? Help plz

zdn3023 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008

Hi,
I am trying to organize my data files and I would like to know how to cat files with path. Note that the correct command may not be "cat" though.
For example, I have:
abc/data/1/title
dca/data/2/title
gpd/data/1/title
....

I'd like to have a file listing the title info from different directories, as well as directory paths.

Thanks

Simon

shamrock · #2 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008

How should the o/p look like

zdn3023 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by shamrock

How should the o/p look like

The output should be like:
48/pdata/1/title:ub2k63r, 1mM in PBS buffer, crp, for nemo titration
49/pdata/1/title:ub2k63r nemo titration, 1/5 nemo
50/pdata/1/title:ub2k63r nemo titration, 1/5 nemo
83/pdata/1/title:quick T2_2 of n15-NEMO+k63-Ub2

The text after colon(

is the text written in the title file.
Actually I succeeded once before, but I forgot what command(s) I used. I think I used "find", but can't make it work this time.

Thanks,

Smiling Dragon · #4 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008

Code:

for file in `find /base/path -type f -name "title"` ; do echo "${file}:`head -1 $file`"; done

zdn3023 · #5 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smiling Dragon

Code:

for file in `find /base/path -type f -name "title"` ; do echo "${file}:`head -1 $file`"; done

Hi, Thanks for the suggestion.
However, I am still confused. Could you be more detailed?
Thanks

Smiling Dragon · #6 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by zdn3023

Hi, Thanks for the suggestion.
However, I am still confused. Could you be more detailed?
Thanks

Not sure what you mean... Does the code not work? What error do you get?

shamrock · #7 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by zdn3023

Hi,
I am trying to organize my data files and I would like to know how to cat files with path. Note that the correct command may not be "cat" though.
For example, I have:
abc/data/1/title
dca/data/2/title
gpd/data/1/title
....

I'd like to have a file listing the title info from different directories, as well as directory paths.

Thanks

Simon

Code:

find /path/to/files -type f -name "title" -exec nawk 'FNR==1{print FILENAME":"$0}' {} \;

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