Sponsored Content
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting While read do, then echo, gives double output Post 302332424 by MrKen on Thursday 9th of July 2009 05:40:10 AM
Old 07-09-2009
Thanks guys,

robsonde: Yes there was a blank line at the end. I removed it, but no change. Smilie

dennis.jacob: Thanks for the 'cat -e' command/switch. There is indeed a blank line about 5 lines from the bottom of the input file. This input file is just for testing purposes, the actual input will hopefully come from STDIN, but in exactly the same format as the current input file.

So, is there something that I can add so that blank lines will be ignored?

regards,
Ken
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

how to read a file to an echo statement

I was searching for an option where i can echo some strings together with the contents of a file. Eg. I was to echo the below string to a file "alter application PMS_ add variable CurrYear Y2009;" >> ${ESS_MAXL_DIR}/PMS_SUB.txt The value 2009 is coming from a file called date.txt without the... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Celvin VK
3 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

echo appends to a read-only file

echo command can append to a read-only file too. If the file is read-only, with w flag removed, then even echo should not be able to append to the file. But it is possible. Can anybody explain the below behaviour? /root > echo 'sample text' > file /root > cat file sample text /root >... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: anand_bh
2 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Perl echo with double quotes

I need to echo a string that has double quotes in a Perl script. #!/usr/bin/env perl `echo Rule123 -comment \"blah blah\" >> $filename` I'd like to get below appended to $filename: Rule 123 -comment "blah blah" But instead, the double quotes are lost: Rule 123 -comment blah bah ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: slchin
1 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Double echo problem

I'm parsing a router configuration file and printing out some of the fields. Given the following output, I'd like to add the filename to the first column. I'm definately a neophyte in scripting. COUNTER=${#array1 } while ; do ######## echo -n $JUNOS_FILE | ... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: nocleader
3 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

read variable after echo

Hi, i want to create an user-friendly script where you are asked for two numbers. i would like that these two number to be separated with "--" for example, but i can't figure out how to do this. for example read -p "Insert lowest and highest value: " min ; echo -n "-- "; read max so... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ezitoc
3 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

[Solved] echo not updating double quotes in output

Hi , I have a script to update firefox proxy. But the echo is not updating the double quotes. paste /home/names.txt /home/ip.txt | while read i j do mkdir $i echo "user_pref("network.proxy.http", "$j");" >> /home/$i/prefs.js echo "user_pref("network.proxy.http_port", 8080);" >>... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ranjancom2000
3 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to read in a part of an echo line?

Hello, I have a very basic script #!/usr/bin/ksh while print ' ' print ' 1. View Command History ' print ' 2. List files in current Directory ' read opt'?Enter Option> ' ;do if ;then fc -l fi # if ;then ls -la I want to... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Grueben
10 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Double quotes and variable proble in echo

HI Guys, I want to echo below line in my file :- lpd | grep AL | nawk '{print "1dLA - " $0} How can i echo same Output (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: pareshkp
4 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to read each line from input file, assign variables, and echo to output file?

I've got a file that looks like this (spaces before first entries intentional): 12345650-000005000GL140227 ANNUAL HELC FEE EN 22345650-000005000GL140227 ANNUAL HELC FEE EN 32345650-000005000GL140227 ANNUAL HELC FEE EN I want to read through the file line by line,... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Scottie1954
6 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Printing double quotes in echo command

Please help me to use echo or printf type of command to print some value from variable within double quotes - I want to print the double quote ( " ") also. I tried #!/bin/bash VALUE=some_value echo '{"value" : "$VALUE"}' I was expecting the above script would produce .. {"value" :... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: atanubanerji
3 Replies
is  a  text formatter.	Its input consists of the text to be out-
put, intermixed with formatting commands.  A  formatting  command
is  a  line  containing  the  control character followed by a two
character command name, and possibly one or more arguments.   The
control  character is initially . (dot).  The formatted output is
produced on standard output.  The formatting commands are  listed
below, with being a number, being a character, and being a title.
A + before n means it may be signed,  indicating  a  positive  or
negative change from the current value.  Initial values for where
relevant, are given in parentheses.
  .ad	  Adjust right margin.
  .ar	  Arabic page numbers.
  .br	  Line break.  Subsequent text will begin on a new line.
  .bl n   Insert n blank lines.
  .bp +n  Begin new page and number it n. No n means +1.
  .cc c   Control character is set to c.
  .ce n   Center the next n input lines.
  .de zz  Define a macro called zz. A line with .. ends definition.
  .ds	  Double space the output. Same as .ls 2.
  .ef t   Even page footer title is set to t.
  .eh t   Even page header title is set to t.
  .fi	  Begin filling output lines as full as possible.
  .fo t   Footer titles (even and odd) are set to t.
  .hc c   The character c (e.g., %) tells roff where hyphens are permitted.
  .he t   Header titles (even and odd) are set to t.
  .hx	  Header titles are suppressed.
  .hy n   Hyphenation is done if n is 1, suppressed if it is 0. Default is 1.
  .ig	  Ignore input lines until a line beginning with .. is found.
  .in n   Indent n spaces from the left margin; force line break.
  .ix n   Same as .in but continue filling output on current line.
  .li n   Literal text on next n lines.  Copy to output unmodified.
  .ll +n  Line length (including indent) is set to n (65).
  .ls +n  Line spacing: n (1) is 1 for single spacing, 2 for double, etc.
  .m1 n   Insert n (2) blank lines between top of page and header.
  .m2 n   Insert n (2) blank lines between header and start of text.
  .m3 n   Insert n (1) blank lines between end of text and footer.
  .m4 n   Insert n (3) blank lines between footer and end of page.
  .na	  No adjustment of the right margin.
  .ne n   Need n lines.  If fewer are left, go to next page.
  .nn +n  The next n output lines are not numbered.
  .n1	  Number output lines in left margin starting at 1.
  .n2 n   Number output lines starting at n.  If 0, stop numbering.
  .ni +n  Indent line numbers by n (0) spaces.
  .nf	  No more filling of lines.
  .nx f   Switch input to file f.
  .of t   Odd page footer title is set to t.
  .oh t   Odd page header title is set to t.
  .pa +n  Page adjust by n (1).  Same as .bp
  .pl +n  Paper length is n (66) lines.
  .po +n  Page offset.	Each line is started with n (0) spaces.
  .ro	  Page numbers are printed in Roman numerals.
  .sk n   Skip n pages (i.e., make them blank), starting with next one.
  .sp n   Insert n blank lines, except at top of page.
  .ss	  Single spacing.  Equivalent to .ls 1.
  .ta	  Set tab stops, e.g., .ta 9 17 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 (default).
  .tc c   Tabs are expanded into c.  Default is space.
  .ti n   Indent next line n spaces; then go back to previous indent.
  .tr ab  Translate a into b on output.
  .ul n   Underline the letters and numbers in the next n lines.
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:52 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy