02-15-2009
New development...
I found this line of code and figured that if cat wasn't going to cooperate, I'll just put my first line right into the script:
(echo '0a'; echo 'first line of text'; echo '.'; echo 'wq') | ed -s readyToProcess.txt
The resulting file was double-spaced, like I described earlier:
Quote:
first line of text
line1
line2
line3
I created a new text file called test.txt that looked like this:
and ran:
(echo '0a'; echo 'first line of text'; echo '.'; echo 'wq') | ed -s test.txt
and
it worked. So Scott, I think you're right, I think there is an issue of some sort with the datafeed file. I ran
file readyToProcess.txt and it came back with
readyToProcess.txt: ASCII English text, with very long lines, with CRLF line terminators
I think maybe I'm on to something?
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booldnf
booldnf(1) booldnf(1)
NAME
booldnf - converts a boolean expression to the DNF
SYNOPSIS
echo 'a&(!b|c&!d)' | booldnf > result.txt
DESCRIPTION
booldnf is a program that reads boolean expressions from its standard input and rewrites them in Disjunctive Normal Form on its standard
output. It uses the BoolStuff library.
The Disjunctive Normal Form is an ORing of ANDed terms. In other words, if the OR is considered an additive operation and the AND a multi-
plicative operation, then the DNF is a sum of products.
Each expression must be on its own text line. Variable names must be composed only of ASCII letters and digits.
The AND operator is &, the OR operator is |, and the NOT operator is !. Parentheses are allowed.
The command flushes its output buffer after each result or error message, to make sure that it can be used with bidirectional pipes.
Results and error messages always take exactly one text line.
EXAMPLES
The command
echo 'a&(!b|c&!d)' | booldnf
should display
a&c&!d|a&!b
LICENSE
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no
warranty.
AUTHOR
See the boolstuff(3) manual page.
BUGS
See the boolstuff(3) manual page.
October 13th, 2008 booldnf(1)