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How to read n number of lines from a file
Post 302360514 by varsha on Friday 9th of October 2009 07:15:29 AM
10-09-2009
How to read n number of lines from a file
Hiii
I am very new to shell scripting.This is my data file
a.txt:
56
45.78
1000
11.23
76.89
45
34.56
23
3400
100
..........
Now i am must use shell scripting to read n number of lines from the file & from ts n number of lines i need to find greatest number among them & so on for rest of the file still end of the file...
For example from the above data file
I want to check for first 3(this must be user defined) lines & so on for largest number
The ouput for such a condition must be
for first set(i.e first 3 lines)
output is 1000
then 2nd set
output is 76.89
the 3rd set
output is 3400
& so on till end of my file..
.......
Help is greatly appreciated
Thanks
I am very new to shell scripting.This is my data file
a.txt:
56
45.78
1000
11.23
76.89
45
34.56
23
3400
100
..........
Now i am must use shell scripting to read n number of lines from the file & from ts n number of lines i need to find greatest number among them & so on for rest of the file still end of the file...
For example from the above data file
I want to check for first 3(this must be user defined) lines & so on for largest number
The ouput for such a condition must be
for first set(i.e first 3 lines)
output is 1000
then 2nd set
output is 76.89
the 3rd set
output is 3400
& so on till end of my file..
.......
Help is greatly appreciated
Thanks
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Print the first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -c, --bytes=[-]K print the first K bytes of each file; with the leading `-', print all but the last K bytes of each file -n, --lines=[-]K print the first K lines instead of the first 10; with the leading `-', print all but the last K lines of each file -q, --quiet, --silent never print headers giving file names -v, --verbose always print headers giving file names --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit K may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y. AUTHOR
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