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Old 03-05-2005
copying content of a file
Hi,

I have a file in my unix system let's call it FileName.
First I want to copy its content into a another file, but outside of the unix, meaning I could open it at home. (text file would be perfect)
Second (if it's possible) I need to take the first word of each line in the file (you know the first word has ended when you get to a ":" , than to each first word I need to add the same suffix (let call it SUF), and separate each first word and suffix with a ";" semi-column.
Than the result I would like to print, either on the screen or even better to a file.

can anybody help???

Thanks, Smilie

Tal
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Last edited by vgersh99; 03-05-2005 at 11:54 AM..
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Old 03-05-2005
firstly, pls read rules prior to posting - pay attention to #6 and #10. Pls don'tpost your email address in the future.

Although it does sound like a homework assignment - I'll give you something to start with:
Code:
 sed -e 's/^\([^:][^:]*\)/\1;SUF/' myFile

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Old 03-05-2005
Code:
awk -F: '{ print $1"SUF" }' file1 | tr '\n' ';'

 
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