I think you will find that the variable actually contains what you wanted, if you examine it with env or set. When using it, however, you will need to use double quotes around the variable in order to avoid "flattening" the whitespace.
But that's exactly what I used to get the result I don't want i.e. all lines in one line.
Hi all,
For a intro UNIX course I'm taking, I need to use the command "tr" to display a file on standard output without any newlines (all on one line).
I assume I would start with "cat filename | tr" but don't know what to put after tr.
Any ideas would be lovely!
Thanks. (3 Replies)
Hello, I have a script that generates the following file named /tmp/rfkill:
rf55 pts/13 Jul 10 06:38 (10.72.11.44)
15782 pts/13 5:07 b
rf56 pts/15 Jul 10 06:53 (10.72.11.9)
18552 pts/15 0:28 b
rf55 pts/39 Jul 10 09:12 (10.72.11.44)
19354 pts/39... (4 Replies)
Hi All
I have a file for ex .log file which contain several lines within it.
I have to read that file contents & assing that to a variable. (2 Replies)
Hi all
I've been working on a bash script parsing through debug/trace files and extracting all lines that relate to some search string. So far, it works pretty well. However, I am challenged by one requirement that is still open.
What I want to do:
1) parse through a file and identify all... (3 Replies)
I do have a file with contents splited into multiple lines
ADSLHLJASHGLJSKAGHJJGAJSLGAHLSGHSAKBV
AJHALHALHGLAGLHGBJVFBJVLFDHADAH
GFJAGJAGAJFGAKGAKGFAK
AJHFAGAKAGAGKAKAKGKAGFGJDGDJJDGJDJDFAG
...
...
....
100's of lines
I would like to rearrange the content of this file so it will be a... (1 Reply)
Dear all,
I'm trying to manipulate a data file and putting a certain lines into one paragraph.
What am I actually want to do is that search some lines in a data file. These lines begin with "1\1\GINC-" and end with "\\@" or the following two empty lines as shown in blue.
A part of the text... (11 Replies)
Hello everyone,
ive been trying to replace a string "kw01" in an xml file with the contents of a txt file having multiple lines. im a unix newbie and all the sed combinations i tried resulted to being garbled. Below is the contents of the txt file:
RAISEDATTIME
--------------------... (13 Replies)
Can someone tell me how I can do this?
e.g:
a=$(echo -e wert trewt ertert ertert ertert erttert
erterte
rterter
tertertert
ert)
How do i replace the STRING with $a?
I try this:
sed -i 's/STRING/'"$a"'/g' filename.ext
but this don' t work (2 Replies)
Hi one of the output of the command is as below
# sed -n "/CCM-ResourceHealthCheck:/,/---------/{/CCM-ResourceHealthCheck:/d;/---------/d;p;}" Automation.OutputZ$zoneCounter | sed 's/$/<br>/'
Resource List : <br>
*************************** 1. row ***************************<br>
... (2 Replies)
GM,
I have an issue at work, which requires a simple solution. But, after multiple attempts, I have not been able to hit on the code needed.
I am assuming that sed, awk or even perl could do what I need.
I have an application that adds extra blank page feeds, for multiple reports, when... (7 Replies)
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text2ps
TEXT2PS(L) TEXT2PS(L)
NAME
text2ps - convert text files to PostScript
SYNOPSIS
text2ps [ options ] [ files ]
DESCRIPTION
Text2ps reads the input files (standard input if none are specified) and produces PostScript code which, when fed to a PostScript printer,
will print the files. With text2ps it is possible to select any font, point size and number of columns. Options and files can be inter-
mixed on the command line. Options are effective for all following files until they are overridden.
Options
Here follows a list of options that text2ps recognizes. Most numeric arguments are significant to one decimal place. Options are evalu-
ated from left to right. Later options override earlier ones.
-# n Print n copies of each page. (Default 1.)
-c n Print in n columns. (Default 1.)
-f font
Print using font font. (Default Courier.)
-p n Print with point size n. (Default 9.)
-v n Use a vertical spacing of n points. If the vertical spacing is set to 0, the spacing will be 1.2 times the point size. (Default
0.)
-l n Print n lines per column. When the line count is 0, print as many lines as will fit. (Default 0.)
-r [p|l]
Set the orientation to either portrait mode (p) or landscape mode (l). (Default p.)
-b [+|-]
Set page break mode. An argument + will force new files to be always printed on a new page (this is the default). After - new
files will be put on the same page if there are still empty columns and the number of columns, the orientation or the number of
copies didn't change. New files always start new columns. (Default -.)
-mt n The top margin is n points. (Default 63.)
-mb n The bottom margin is n points. (Default 63.)
-ml n The left margin is n points. (Default 59.)
-mr n The right margin is n points. (Default 59.)
-mg n The inter-column gap is n points. (Default 25.)
-t [+|-]
If the argument is + the name of the file being printed will be printed on each page. If the argument is - the file name will not
be printed. -t + implies -b +.
-T text
Print text as title on each page. This implies -t - and -b +. This option can be switched off by specifying -t - or -t +.
(Default no title.)
-F font
Set the title font to font. (Default Helvetica.)
-P n Set the title point size to n. (Default 12.)
-B n Draw borders around each page. The number n specifies how to draw borders. N can have any of the following values or-ed in:
1 Draw a line along the left of the page.
2 Draw a line along the bottom of the page.
4 Draw a line along the right of the page.
8 Draw a line along the top of the page.
16 Draw a line between columns. This line does not connect to the lines along the top or bottom.
32 Draw a connecting line between the line between columns and the line along the top.
64 Draw a connecting line between the line between columns and the line along the bottom.
When n is 0, no border lines are drawn. (Default no bordering lines.)
-w n Tab stops are set every n spaces. Set the width of the TAB character. (Default 8.)
-1 Sets up options to print in one column in portrait mode with the Courier font, so that you get 66 lines on a page. Equivalent to
specifying the options -c 1 -f Courier -p 9 -v 0 -r p -l 0 -mt 63 -mb 63 -ml 59 -mr 59.
This is the default.
-2 Sets up options to print in two columns in landscape mode with the Courier font, so that you get two 66-line columns on a page.
Equivalent to specifying the options -c 2 -f Courier -p 6 -v 0 -r l -l 0 -mt 63 -mb 63 -ml 59 -mr 59 -mg 25. Together with the -1
option, this is probably the most useful option.
The name - means standard input.
BUGS
Too many options.
There is no way to specify where the title will be placed.
If the font being used is not a constant width font and there are other characters than just tabs and spaces in front of a tab, the next
character may not align properly.
TEXT2PS(L)