04-12-2011
Hey , can you pls explain what the script is doing , I am working on a similar kind of script.
does the script needs filename as input or will it convert all the .txt files in path to files dir to .csv files.I tried to execute the script it is giving an error as invalid iname
can you explain me the below part
while read FILENAME
do
tr '|' ',' < "$FILENAME" > "${FILENAME}.csv"
Thanks for your time
Regards,
Deepti
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info - read Info documents
SYNOPSIS
info [OPTION]... [MENU-ITEM...]
DESCRIPTION
Read documentation in Info format.
OPTIONS
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look up STRING in all indices of all manuals.
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--version
display version information and exit.
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EXAMPLES
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