If I have a data file containing entries like-> abc abc:123
and I use a for loop:
for I in `cat data-file`
do
echo $I
done
the output would contain 2 lines -> abc.... and abc:123
but I want it to be on only one line. How can I do this?
thanks (1 Reply)
Hi,
I'm having some trouble reading a file that was 'cat' through a while loop. Can anyone suggest alternatives? what i do is
cat filename|grep *.stuff
while read line
do
echo $line
... and other commands
done
The cat,grep line seems to work correctly, but the script hangs when i add in... (3 Replies)
I am writing a script that is running a loop on one file to obtain records from another file.
Using egrep, I am finding matching records in file b, then outputing feilds of both into another file.
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filea=this.txt
fileb=that.txt
cat $filea | while read line
do... (1 Reply)
Hi I have a simple code that I want to execute.
out=out.txt
for f in `cat list.txt | head -1`; do
echo $f >> $out
echo "sleep 5" >> $out
done
cat list.txt | head -1
wget -q -O - 'http://test.com:15100/cgi-bin/search
cat out.txt
wget
sleep 5
-q
sleep 5
-O (10 Replies)
STEP 1
# Set variable
FILE=/tmp/mainfile
SEARCHFILE =/tmp/searchfile
# THIS IS THE MAIN FILE.
cat /tmp/mainfile
Interface Ethernet0/0 "outside", is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is i82546GB rev03, BW 100 Mbps
Full-Duplex(Full-duplex), 100 Mbps(100 Mbps)
MAC address... (6 Replies)
Hello,
So I sorted my file as I was supposed to:
sort -n -r -k 2 -k 1 file1 | uniq > file2
and when I wrote
> cat file2
in the command line, I got what I was expecting, but in the script itself
...
sort -n -r -k 2 -k 1 averages | uniq > temp
cat file2
It wrote a whole... (21 Replies)
ok..
so problem is:
I have a file that reads:
cat 123
1 and 2
3 and 4
5 and 6
I was using for loops to run through this information.
Code:
for i in `cat 123`
do
echo $i
done
shouldn't the output come as
1 and 2 (3 Replies)
Hello...
I am trying to loop through my hosts file that contains 100+ servers to check or update the nameservers on them...
My while loop is breaking after the first server responds...
#!/bin/bash
while read line; do
a=( $(echo $line | tr " " "\n") )
if }" != "" ] && }" != "#" ] &&... (1 Reply)
Hi Team,
Not getting the file output inside my email which i am sending from unix box. . Please refer the below code :
#!/bin/sh
{
sleep 5
echo ehlo 10.56.185.13
sleep 3
echo mail from: oraairtel@CNDBMUREAPZP02.localdomain
sleep 3
echo rcpt to: saurabhtripathi@anniksystems.com... (1 Reply)
Good day to all,
I'd like to ask for your advice with regards to this.
Scenario :
I have here a file named TEST.tmp wherein the value inside is below;
"ONE|TWO|FIVE|THREE|FOUR|SIX~SEVEN~EIGHT" "NINE"
But when I'm trying to use this in a simple command like;
for TESTING in $(cat... (4 Replies)
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