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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting redirecting output using if-then-else in awk Post 302595024 by itkamaraj on Thursday 2nd of February 2012 12:08:47 AM
Old 02-02-2012
Code:
 
$ nawk -F\| '{if(NF>14){printf("%s\n",$0) >> "a.txt"}else{printf("%s\n",$0) >> "b.txt"}}' input.txt

$ cat a.txt 
a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|
a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|

$ cat b.txt
a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a|a
a|a|a|a|a|a|

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gnomevfs-cat(1)                                                    User Commands                                                   gnomevfs-cat(1)

NAME

       gnomevfs-cat - print a file to standard output using the VFS system

SYNOPSIS

       gnomevfs-cat URI

DESCRIPTION

       gnomevfs-cat prints a file to standard output using the virtual file system to access the file via a URI.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

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EXAMPLES

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       example% gnomevfs-cat http://www.sun.com

       Example 2: Cat a Local File

       example% gnomevfs-cat file:///home/user/README.txt

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

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