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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting cat and output filename Post 302364321 by wpeckham on Thursday 22nd of October 2009 05:31:45 PM
Old 10-22-2009
RE: cat and output filename

You might try a script: like
#!/bin/bash
# precat : cat a file with the filename prepended to each line
FILE=$1
if [ -z "$FILE" ] ; then
echo " no file specified, and I do not care to handle stdin today"
exit 1
fi
FOO=`basename $FILE`

if [ -f $FILE ] ; then
cat ${FILE} | while read line
do
echo "$FOO --- $line "
done
else
echo "Cannot read $FILE "
fi


It messes with the formatting a bit, but is a easy 'first cut' that only requires shell.
 

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