09-14-2010
New to Scripting!!
Hello forum,
I need help on an assignment! I know it says not homework! I am really lost this is the first I ever seen this before. I use Linux!
I need to do this:
Write a program that reads file's from the command line, and have more than 100 chracters. The number of files is not fixed into my program has to be decided by the user of the program. If not file meet what I am asking for there should be a error. I have to use a while loop, cat command, and wc command.
It should be syntax of wc command is given below.
wc - print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files
-c, --bytes
print the byte counts
-m, --chars
print the character counts
-l, --lines
print the newline counts
-L, --max-line-length
I am not asking anyone to complete my assigment. I am askin for help to understand how this works. I am taking this in a online course, and the teacher has not gone over this ever and not he wants us to complete this crazy stuff. I need someone to really sit down and show me this stuff. maybe chat on yahoo messenger or something! I just need guidance!
Thank you!!!
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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
macsave
MACSAVE(1) General Commands Manual MACSAVE(1)
NAME
macsave - Save Mac files read from standard input
SYNOPSIS
macsave [ - options ]
DESCRIPTION
macsave reads a sequence of Macintosh MacBinary files from standard input and writes the files it contains subject to the options speci-
fied.
OPTIONS
In the absence of any options, macsave reads standard input and silently writes the file(s) it contains in MacBinary format, giving the
output files ".bin" extensions and placing them in the current working directory. Subdirectories are created for embedded folders.
-3 Write files in fork format (.info, .data and .rsrc files.)
-f As -3, but empty data and rsrc files are not created.
-r Write resource forks only (.rsrc files.)
-d Write data forks only (.data files.)
-u As -d, but the codes for CR and LF are interchanged, the filename extension is .text.
-U As -u, but there is no filename extension.
-a Write files in AppleShare format. This option is only valid if the program is compiled with support for some form of AppleShare.
The current directory must be a valid AppleShare folder.
-s Write extracted files to standard output in MacBinary format.
-l List every file extracted (and every directory/folder created etc.)
-i Do not extract, give information only (implies -l.)
-q Ask the user for every file/folder whether it should be extracted (implies -l.)
-V Gives the patchlevel of the program, and other information. Other options are ignored and the program quits immediately.
-H Give short information about the options. Other options are ignored and the program quits immediately.
BUGS
As this is a beta release, there may still be some problems.
SEE ALSO
macutil(1)
AUTHOR
Dik T. Winter, CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (dik@cwi.nl)
3rd Berkeley Distribution October 22, 1992 MACSAVE(1)