11-16-2011
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I have a file that has a list of numbers in it. Each line has a different number. I am trying to create some sort of loop within a script that will pick the numbers up on lines 1 and 2 and then put those figures into the script. It then goes through the process then loops back and reads lines 2 and... (5 Replies)
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How can I exclude reading lines in a file that contains the following:
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Hi,
I need to redirect the lines in a file to a different file if the character starting from 2 to 6 in the line are numerical .
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hi,
i have 2 files.
file1:
1
2
3
4
5
6
file2:
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
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Hi Experts,
I am tryin to read a file and while doing so i need to skip the lines which start with a hash (#) char.
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I have a question for the Gurus. I apologize if this has bee shared before but I couldn't find the link.
I am trying to read parameters from an external parameter file. What I m trying to achieve is read selected lines from an external parameter file into the script. for eg my param... (4 Replies)
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Hello everyone,
I have thought about this for quite some time and know what I want to do but am having some trouble at it. I have a text file filled with numbers like this, there are more in the file obviously. Each number is separated by a space.
1 3 2 4 5
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, I am new in shell scripting. I need help regarding following.
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fmt(1) General Commands Manual fmt(1)
NAME
fmt - format text
SYNOPSIS
width] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
The command is a simple text formatter that fills and joins lines to produce output lines of (up to) the number of characters specified in
the width option. The default width is 72. concatenates the arguments. If none are given, formats text from the standard input.
Blank lines are preserved in the output, as is the spacing between words. does not fill lines beginning with a period for compatibility
with Nor does it fill lines starting with
Indentation is preserved in the output and input lines with differing indentation are not joined (unless is used).
can also be used as an in-line text filter for the command:
reformats the text between the cursor location and the end of the paragraph.
Options
recognizes the following options:
Crown margin mode.
Preserve the indentation of the first two lines within a paragraph and align the left margin of each subsequent line with that
of the second line. This is useful for tagged paragraphs.
Split lines only.
Do not join short lines to form longer ones. This prevents sample lines of code, and other such "formatted" text, from being
unduly combined.
Fill output lines to up to
width columns.
WARNINGS
The width option is acceptable for BSD compatibility, but it may go away in future releases.
SEE ALSO
nroff(1), vi(1).
fmt(1)