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syntax for IF test or AWK for octal

Using korn shell. I am reading a file line by line. If a record has a carriage return (octal 015) then I append the second record to the first record. Not all records have a carriage return. I have the unix shell script working with grep, but when my file has +100,000 records it runs slow. I would like to see if the shell script would run faster with an IF Test or AWK. I can't get the syntax right for the IF test. I don't know AWK, if you think this would run faster I would appreciate know how to code it.

1) I was doing some time testing to see where my shell script was slow. This runs fast.

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
file_in=file.txt
file_out=file.txt_out
cnt_in=0
while read LINE
do
   cnt_in=$(( cnt_in + 1 ))
   echo $LINE >> $file_out
done < $file_in

2) This runs slow
#!/bin/ksh
dir1=/tdcexports/db2/stage
file_in=file.txt
file_out=file.txt_out
cnt_in=0
while read LINE
do
   cnt_in=$(( cnt_in + 1 ))
   ck_carriage=`echo $LINE | grep -c ^M`
   echo $LINE >> $file_out
done < $file_in

3) I've tried various IF but didn't find the right syntax yet. This doesn't work properly:

Code:

if [ $LINE  = '\015' ]
     then echo equal
     else echo no equal
   fi

Thank you for your help.

Last edited by radoulov; 03-03-2012 at 03:11 AM.. Reason: Code tags!

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NAME

     script -- make typescript of terminal session

SYNOPSIS

     script [-akq] [-t time] [file [command ...]]

DESCRIPTION

     The script utility makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal.  It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an
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     If the argument file is given, script saves all dialogue in file.	If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file typescript.

     If the argument command is given, script will run the specified command with an optional argument vector instead of an interactive shell.

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     -t time
	     Specify time interval between flushing script output file.  A value of 0 causes script to flush for every character I/O event.  The
	     default interval is 30 seconds.

     The script ends when the forked shell (or command) exits (a control-D to exit the Bourne shell (sh(1)), and exit, logout or control-D (if
     ignoreeof is not set) for the C-shell, csh(1)).

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