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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Adding header and trailer into a file Post 302565222 by munkeHoller on Monday 17th of October 2011 10:20:25 AM
Old 10-17-2011
here's one way .....
Code:
for file in *.x; do 
      wc -c $file | awk '{printf("%ld,%s\n",$1,$2)}' > ${file}.temp && cat ${file} >> ${file}.temp && mv ${file}.temp ${file};
done


Last edited by vbe; 10-28-2011 at 10:10 AM..
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MAXDB_STMT_ERROR(3)							 1						       MAXDB_STMT_ERROR(3)

maxdb_stmt_error - Returns a string description for last statement error

       Procedural style

SYNOPSIS
string maxdb_stmt_error (resource $stmt) DESCRIPTION
Object oriented style string$maxdb_stmt->error () For the statement specified by stmt, maxdb_stmt_error(3) returns a containing the error message for the most recently invoked statement function that can succeed or fail. RETURN VALUES
A string that describes the error. An empty string if no error occurred. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Object oriented style <?php /* Open a connection */ $maxdb = new maxdb("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB"); /* check connection */ if (maxdb_connect_errno()) { printf("Connect failed: %s ", maxdb_connect_error()); exit(); } $maxdb->query("CREATE TABLE temp.mycity LIKE hotel.city"); $maxdb->query("INSERT INTO temp.mycity SELECT * FROM hotel.city"); $query = "SELECT name, zip FROM temp.mycity ORDER BY name"; if ($stmt = $maxdb->prepare($query)) { /* drop table */ $maxdb->query("DROP TABLE temp.mycity"); /* execute query */ $stmt->execute(); printf("Error: %s. ", $stmt->error); /* close statement */ $stmt->close(); } /* close connection */ $maxdb->close(); ?> Example #2 Procedural style <?php /* Open a connection */ $link = maxdb_connect("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB"); /* check connection */ if (maxdb_connect_errno()) { printf("Connect failed: %s ", maxdb_connect_error()); exit(); } maxdb_query($link, "CREATE TABLE temp.mycity LIKE hotel.city"); maxdb_query($link, "INSERT INTO temp.mycity SELECT * FROM hotel.city"); $query = "SELECT name, zip FROM temp.mycity ORDER BY name"; if ($stmt = maxdb_prepare($link, $query)) { /* drop table */ maxdb_query($link, "DROP TABLE temp.mycity"); /* execute query */ maxdb_stmt_execute($stmt); printf("Error: %s. ", maxdb_stmt_error($stmt)); /* close statement */ maxdb_stmt_close($stmt); } /* close connection */ maxdb_close($link); ?> The above example will output something similar to: Warning: maxdb_stmt_execute(): -4004 POS(23) Unknown table name:MYCITY [42000] <...> Error: POS(23) Unknown table name:MYCITY. SEE ALSO
maxdb_stmt_errno(3), maxdb_stmt_sqlstate(3). PHP Documentation Group MAXDB_STMT_ERROR(3)
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