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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Create a formated text file Post 302266274 by msb65 on Tuesday 9th of December 2008 07:29:02 PM
Old 12-09-2008
Create a formated text file

Hi,

I have written a BASH shell script (included below) which will allow me to monitor my blood pressure. The script computes the mean of 5 user input systolic, diastolic, and heart rate values.

I would like the script to then append these three values to their respective columns in a text file. How do I do this? I would like the text file to be formated so that it can be read into EXCEL. Thanks a lot.

Mike

Code:
#!/bin/bash


###########################################################################
###########################################################################
SYSTOLIC=(120 130 125 124 122)
DIASTOLIC=(90 80 75 89 73)
HEARTRATE=(60 70 80 85 75)
###########################################################################
###########################################################################


###########################################################################
###########################################################################
#Perform an initial check:

echo; echo; echo 'Performing initial check:'

#Check that SYSTOLIC has 5 elements:
if [ ${#SYSTOLIC[@]} -eq 5 ]; then
    echo 'SYSTOLIC has 5 elements:' ${SYSTOLIC[@]}
else
    echo; echo; echo 'ERROR: SYSTOLIC does not have 5 elements'
    exit 1
fi

#Check that DIASTOLIC has 5 elements:
if [ ${#DIASTOLIC[@]} -eq 5 ]; then
    echo 'DIASTOLIC has 5 elements:' ${DIASTOLIC[@]}
else
    echo; echo; echo 'ERROR: DIASTOLIC does not have 5 elements'
    exit 1
fi

#Check that HEARTRATE has 5 elements:
if [ ${#HEARTRATE[@]} -eq 5 ]; then
    echo 'HEARTRATE has 5 elements:' ${HEARTRATE[@]}
else
    echo; echo; echo 'ERROR: HEARTRATE does not have 5 elements'
    exit 1
fi

echo 'Initial check complete'
###########################################################################
###########################################################################


###########################################################################
###########################################################################
#Compute the mean blood pressure and heart rate values:

echo; echo; echo 'Computing mean blood pressure and heart rate values:'

let MEAN_SYSTOLIC=(${SYSTOLIC[0]} + ${SYSTOLIC[1]} + ${SYSTOLIC[2]} + ${SYSTOLIC[3]} + ${SYSTOLIC[4]})/5
let MEAN_DIASTOLIC=(${DIASTOLIC[0]} + ${DIASTOLIC[1]} + ${DIASTOLIC[2]} + ${DIASTOLIC[3]} + ${DIASTOLIC[4]})/5
let MEAN_HEARTRATE=(${HEARTRATE[0]} + ${HEARTRATE[1]} + ${HEARTRATE[2]} + ${HEARTRATE[3]} + ${HEARTRATE[4]})/5

echo 'Mean Systolic:' $MEAN_SYSTOLIC
echo 'Mean Diastolic:' $MEAN_DIASTOLIC
echo 'Mean Heartrate:' $MEAN_HEARTRATE
###########################################################################
###########################################################################

 

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script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME
script - make record of a terminal session SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [filename] DESCRIPTION
The script utility makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS. The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed. OPTIONS
The following option is supported: -a Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it. NOTES
script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |CSI |Enabled | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
attributes(5) WARNINGS
script can pose a security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script. SunOS 5.11 30 Jan 2004 script(1)
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