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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Trouble printing multiple lines to a new file Post 302580877 by racshot65 on Saturday 10th of December 2011 04:59:02 PM
Old 12-10-2011
Trouble printing multiple lines to a new file
Hi,

I'm trying to auto generate some php files with a default preamble at the top which is a block comment.

The problem is that my output has no new lines and it looks like the output from "ls" is being printed after everyline


This is my code

Code:
#!/bin/bash

read -d '' pre_amble <<"EOF"
/** 
 *
 * Default comment block at top of file
 *
 * etc etc 
 *
 * contains things like copyright info
 *
 * and author name etc
 *
 * 
 * 
 */
EOF
echo $pre_amble > 'test.php'


And this is what is in 'test.php' after the script has executed (emphasis added to make it easier to read)


Quote:
/bin /boot /cdrom /dev /etc /home /host /initrd.img /initrd.img.old /lib /lost+found /media /mnt /opt /proc /root /sbin /selinux /srv /sys /tmp /usr /var /vmlinuz /vmlinuz.old build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp Default comment block at top of file build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp etc etc build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp contains things like copyright info build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp and author name etc build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp build COPYING docs extras logs README.md tests webapp build/ docs/ extras/ logs/ tests/ webapp/

Any ideas ?

Thanks
 

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dbconfig-generate-include

dbconfig-generate-include(1)					  dbconfig-common				      dbconfig-generate-include(1)

NAME

       dbconfig-generate-include - generate custom format db include files

SYNOPSIS

       dbconfig-generate-include  [-hv]  [-f  format]  [-o  options]  [-a]  [-d[varname]]  [-u[varname]] [-p[varname]] [-s[varname]] [-P[varname]]
       [-t[varname]] [-C[commentstr]] [-O owner[:group]] [-m mode] [-U] infile [outfile]

DESCRIPTION

       dbconfig-generate-include is a program to generate custom format include files containing the information necessary to connect a program to
       a database resource.

OPTIONS

       infile use the given dbconfig-common config file as input

       outfile
	      use the given file as input (default: stdout)

       -f|--format
	      use the given output format (default: sh)

       -o|--options
	      pass options specific to an output format in a semicolon seperated list. see OUTPUT FORMATS/OPTIONS for more information.

       -a|--all
	      include all information in output (default)

       -d|--dbname
	      include the dbname in the output

       -p|--dbpass
	      include the dbpass in the output

       -s|--dbserver
	      include the dbserver in the output

       -P|--dbport
	      include the dbport in the output

       -u|--dbuser
	      include the dbuser in the output

       -t|--dbtype
	      include the dbtype in the output

       -C|--comment
	      "comment out" any unset variables, using a string appropriate comment string for the programming language in question.  can be over-
	      ridden with an optional parameter as an arbitrary comment.

       -O|--owner
	      set the owner:group of the output file

       -m|--mode
	      set the permissions on the output file

       -U|--ucf
	      register the outputfile with ucf

       -h|--help
	      display this helpful message

       -v|--version
	      output the version and exit

OUTPUT FORMATS
/OPTIONS
       format is one of a list of include-file style formats for various programming languages.  the current list includes:

       sh     /bin/sh style include file.

       perl   perl parseable include file.

       php    php parseable include file.

       template
	      a file which contains a series of fields to be replaced with actual values.  all substitutable fields consist of the underlying dbc_
	      variable name capitalized and surrounded with underscores.  for example: _DBC_DBUSER_.
	       options:  template_infile (path to input file containing template)

       cpp    c-style header file, using #define'd constants.

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