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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Compare the file names from a file to a directory Post 302584295 by Corona688 on Thursday 22nd of December 2011 04:58:00 PM
Old 12-22-2011
Code:
#!/bin/sh

if ! [ -f "File1" ]
then
        echo "Data file doesn't exist" >&2
        exit 1
fi

IFS=" ," # Split awk's output on spaces and commas.
# in awk, match line beginning with 'File Names', print stuff after :, then quit
for FILE in $(awk -F: '/^File Names/ { print $2 ; exit }' File1)
do
        if ! [ -f "$FILE" ]
        then
                echo "$FILE missing" >&2
                exit 1
        fi
done

exit 0

 

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wc

WC(1)									FSF								     WC(1)

NAME

       wc - print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files

SYNOPSIS

       wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Print  byte, word, and newline counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -,
       read standard input.

       -c, --bytes
	      print the byte counts

       -m, --chars
	      print the character counts

       -l, --lines
	      print the newline counts

       -L, --max-line-length
	      print the length of the longest line

       -w, --words
	      print the word counts

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR

       Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for wc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and wc programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
       mand

	      info wc

       should give you access to the complete manual.

wc (coreutils) 4.5.3						   February 2003							     WC(1)
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