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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Writing a for loop that processes multiple input files Post 302559595 by tukuyomi on Tuesday 27th of September 2011 02:53:21 PM
Old 09-27-2011
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Code:
#!/bin/sh

for i in *txt; do 
	[ "$i" = 'X.txt' ] || awk '{$6=f}1' f="$i" 'X.txt' > "X.${i%.txt}"
done

exit 0

It replaces the content of the sixth column on X.txt with the name `<number>.txt` and writes to X.<number>

Or this:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

for i in *txt; do 
	[ "$i" = 'X.txt' ] || awk 'NR==FNR{A[NR]=$6;next}{$6=A[FNR]}1' "$i" 'X.txt' > "X.${i%.txt}"
done

exit 0

This one replaces the sixth column of X.txt with the content of the sixth column of `<number>.txt` and writes to X.<number>
Last edited by tukuyomi; 09-27-2011 at 04:00 PM.. Reason: Missing `exit 0`
 

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