02-15-2008
Create a file from within a script
Hi,
I want to create a file from within a script that checks whether the file itself exists or not. Like:
if [[ ! -e .theFile]] then
echo Creating file...
cat << EOF > .theFile
echo This line should be in the file
EOF
fi
If I run the script with no condition (commenting out the first and last line), it works. But if I try to create the file within the "if" I get the following error:
./test: syntax error at line 3 : `<<' unmatched
Any idea on how to work around this? Thanks in advance.
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diff3(1) General Commands Manual diff3(1)
Name
diff3 - 3-way differential file comparison
Syntax
diff3 [-ex3] file1 file2 file3
Description
The command compares three versions of a file, and publishes the ranges of text that disagree, flagged with the following codes:
==== all three files differ
====1 file1 is different
====2 file2 is different
====3 file3 is different
The type of change needed to convert a given range of a given file to some other is indicated in one of these ways:
f : n1 a Text is to be appended after line number n1 in file f, where f = 1, 2, or 3.
f : n1 , n2 c
Text is to be changed in the range line n1 to line n2. If n1 = n2, the range may be abbreviated to n1.
The original contents of the range follows immediately after a c indication. When the contents of two files are identical, the contents of
the lower-numbered file is suppressed.
Options
-3 Produces an editor script containing the changes between file1 and file2 that are to be incorporated into file3.
-e Produces an editor script containing the changes between file2 and file3 that are to be incorporated into file1.
-x Produces an editor script containing the changes among all three files.
Examples
Under the -e option, publishes a script for the editor that incorporates into file1 all changes between file2 and file3 - that is, the
changes that would normally be flagged ==== and ====3. Option -x (-3) produces a script to incorporate only changes flagged ==== (====3).
The following command applies the resulting script to `file1':
(cat script; echo '1,$p') | ed - file1
Restrictions
Text lines that consist of a single `.' defeat -e.
Files
/tmp/d3?????
/usr/lib/diff3
See Also
cmp(1), comm(1), diff(1), dffmk(1), join(1), sccsdiff(1), uniq(1)
diff3(1)