Good morning all. I have been running into a problem running a simple gawk script that selects every third line from an input file and writes it to an output file.
I am attempting to run this command from a batch file at the command line. I have several hundred files to perform this operation on and it would sure be handy to be able to just work up a quick batch file and let it fly.
The script works fine from the command line. Very slow though since I must do one file at a time and change the file name between each run. Tedious to say the least and I have been up all night now.
The problem that I am having appears to be related to the %3 qualifier in the script. When run from a batch file I do not get an error message. I get an empty file and the screen output at the command line shows the code interpreted as
I have tried backslashing the %, enclosing it in double-quotes, enclosing each character in double-quotes, double-quotes and double backslashes, etc. All the combinations that my tired mind could conjure. No joy.
I am beginning to think that gawk will not pass this particular character to the command line from a Windows batch file. I have looked around various forums, read the books that I have, and can find nothing to guide me.
I would be thrilled if someone had a solution to the problem of grabbing every third line from a file and dumping to text output. Perl or gawk preferred. Other options will be considered.
Thanks for looking. 10000Springs (BC)
You could try to escape the "%":
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test::script
Test::Script(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Test::Script(3)NAME
Test::Script - Basic cross-platform tests for scripts
DESCRIPTION
The intent of this module is to provide a series of basic tests for 80% of the testing you will need to do for scripts in the script (or
bin as is also commonly used) paths of your Perl distribution.
Further, it aims to provide this functionality with perfect platform-compatibility, and in a way that is as unobtrusive as possible.
That is, if the program works on a platform, then Test::Script should always work on that platform as well. Anything less than 100% is
considered unacceptable.
In doing so, it is hoped that Test::Script can become a module that you can safely make a dependency of all your modules, without risking
that your module won't on some platform because of the dependency.
Where a clash exists between wanting more functionality and maintaining platform safety, this module will err on the side of platform
safety.
FUNCTIONS
script_compiles
script_compiles( 'script/foo.pl', 'Main script compiles' );
The "script_compiles" test calls the script with "perl -c script.pl", and checks that it returns without error.
The path it should be passed is a relative unix-format script name. This will be localised when running "perl -c" and if the test fails the
local name used will be shown in the diagnostic output.
Note also that the test will be run with the same perl interpreter that is running the test script (and not with the default system perl).
This will also be shown in the diagnostic output on failure.
script_runs
script_runs( 'script/foo.pl', 'Main script runs' );
The "script_runs" test executes the script with "perl script.pl" and checks that it returns success.
The path it should be passed is a relative unix-format script name. This will be localised when running "perl -c" and if the test fails the
local name used will be shown in the diagnostic output.
The test will be run with the same perl interpreter that is running the test script (and not with the default system perl). This will also
be shown in the diagnostic output on failure.
SUPPORT
All bugs should be filed via the bug tracker at
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test-Script <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test-Script>
For other issues, or commercial enhancement and support, contact the author.
AUTHOR
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
SEE ALSO
prove, <http://ali.as/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2006 - 2009 Adam Kennedy.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
perl v5.16.2 2009-11-23 Test::Script(3)