if test -z "$1"
then echo "you must give a filename or filepath"
else path=`dirname $1`
f_name =`basename $1`
if path="."
then path=`pwd`
fi
fi
cat $f_name $path >> index.txt
The only problem I am encountering with this is writing $path to index.txt
Keeps going gaga:
cat:... (1 Reply)
I need to convert a password protected excel file which will be in UNIX server to a comma separated file. For this I need to open the excel file in UNIX box but the UNIX box doesn't prompt for password instead it is opened in an encrypted manner.
I could manually ftp the excel file to local... (2 Replies)
Dear Guru's,
I am being facing strange issue in UNIX.
My user name is shah and one more user name is appstest
I have a directory created by appstest user i.e.
/home/appstest/work
ls -ld /home/appstest/work
drwxrwxr-x 10 appstest apps 12288 Aug 06 23:41 /home/appstest/work
Now I... (1 Reply)
I have a very big log file which looks like this:
I need to split this file and create files with "+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+" as the delimiter.
The file names need to be the contents of the next line after the delimiter(FIRST_ITEM,SECOND_ITEM...so on..). (7 Replies)
Hi all...
I have a text file which i want to move to some remote directory...
when i use command prompt to ftp that textfile,.. after ftp if i check the file by using vi i can see many ^M with the starting and end of each line...
instead if i use grab and drop method to copy that... (5 Replies)
Hi Guys,
I am having a file which does not have any name when i do a ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 dctrdat1 dctrdata 35 Feb 09 08:04
-rw-r--r-- 1 dctrdat1 dctrdata 11961 Feb 08 06:40 DAI_data.txt
Now i want to see what is inside that file. Can you please let me know how to read... (9 Replies)
Hi,
I am in trouble ... again :wall:
I formating a log file as .txt from Unix (solaris 9) and then I compress it with gzip and I use uuencode and send it in an email.
gzip -c ${fic_report} | uuencode Report_File.gz > ${attachment_file}
my problem is when I received the mail with the... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I would like to ask if someone know how to test a files if exist the file is a nfs mount ufsdump archive file..
i used the test operator -f -a h almost all test operator but i failed
file1=ufs_root_image.dump
|| echo "files doesn't exist && exit 1
the false file1 is working but... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I have a file on Sunos with permissions:
-rw-r--r--
When I 'more' it...I get the message:
*** filename: directory ***
And it is acutally a directory. How come there is no 'd' shpwing on the file permission settings?
Thanks (2 Replies)
Dear All,
this is my first post on this Forum, glad to be here.
I'm trying to fix an .ods file. Yes, I had a backup, but it's also corrupted.
When opening the document I get this EM:
read error
format error discovered in the file in sub-document content.xml at
2,337040(row,col).
So I... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jameslast
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
paste
paste(1) General Commands Manual paste(1)Name
paste - merge file data
Syntax
paste file1 file2...
paste -dlist file1 file2...
paste -s [-dlist] file1 file2...
Description
In the first two forms, concatenates corresponding lines of the given input files file1, file2, etc. It treats each file as a column or
columns of a table and pastes them together horizontally (parallel merging).
In the last form, the command combines subsequent lines of the input file (serial merging).
In all cases, lines are glued together with the tab character, or with characters from an optionally specified list. Output is to the
standard output, so it can be used as the start of a pipe, or as a filter, if - is used in place of a file name.
Options
- Used in place of any file name, to read a line from the standard input. (There is no prompting).
-dlist Replaces characters of all but last file with nontabs characters (default tab). One or more characters immediately following -d
replace the default tab as the line concatenation character. The list is used circularly, i. e. when exhausted, it is reused. In
parallel merging (i. e. no -s option), the lines from the last file are always terminated with a new-line character, not from the
list. The list may contain the special escape sequences:
(new-line), (tab), \ (backslash), and (empty string, not a null
character). Quoting may be necessary, if characters have special meaning to the shell (for example, to get one backslash, use
-d"\\" ).
Without this option, the new-line characters of each but the last file (or last line in case of the -s option) are replaced by a
tab character. This option allows replacing the tab character by one or more alternate characters (see below).
-s Merges subsequent lines rather than one from each input file. Use tab for concatenation, unless a list is specified with -d
option. Regardless of the list, the very last character of the file is forced to be a new-line.
Examples
ls | paste -d" " -
list directory in one column
ls | paste - - - -
list directory in four columns
paste -s -d"
" file
combine pairs of lines into lines
Diagnostics
line too long
Output lines are restricted to 511 characters.
too many files
Except for -s option, no more than 12 input files may be specified.
See Alsocut(1), grep(1), pr(1)paste(1)