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Old 11-29-2011
actually I am runing command
Code:
# cat file1
/tmp/dir1/A1
/tmp/dir1/A2

# awk '{print $1 " \&&echo "scp done" >> out.txt"}' file1 > file2
awk: warning: escape sequence `\&' treated as plain `&'

# cat file2
/tmp/dir1/A1 &&echo  >> out.txt
/tmp/dir1/A2 &&echo  >> out.txt

but I want output as
Code:
/tmp/dir1/A1 &&echo "scp done" >> out.txt


Last edited by Scott; 11-29-2011 at 03:44 PM.. Reason: Code tags
 

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