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Operating Systems Linux Fedora Concatenate Numerous Files Post 302723163 by alister on Monday 29th of October 2012 01:49:44 PM
Old 10-29-2012
Since the original filenames are predictable (identical to the containing directory followed by an incrementing index and the .txt extension), we can just build them until we construct one that doesn't exist. There is no need to sort.

The only information any solution to this problem needs to know is the sequence of books and where to find them.

The following script takes two arguments, $1, the path to the old testament books and, $2, the path to the new testament books. The sequence of book names is embedded in the script. The script begins looking for books in the old testament until a blank line in the embedded list signals it to switch to the new testament.

NOTE: Each book's name in the embedded list must be identical to the directory basename ("Genesis" in the case of "/home/your/Desktop/Bible/Old Testament/Genesis"). Same case. Same spacing.
Code:
ot=$1
nt=$2

t=$ot
while IFS= read -r b; do
    [ -z "$b" ] && t=$nt && continue
    i=1
    while cat "$t/$b/$b$i.txt" 2>/dev/null; do
        i=$((i+1))
    done
done <<'END_OF_DAYS'
Genesis
Exodus
...
Zechariah
Malachi

Matthew
Mark
...
Jude
Revelation
END_OF_DAYS

Note the blank line before Matthew (iirc, beginning of the NT); it's critical.

If the script were stored in a file named bible.sh, the following would generate a single text file bible (using pathnames derived from your posts):
Code:
sh bible.sh ~/Desktop/Old\ Testament ~/Desktop/New\ Testament > bible.txt

Regards,
Alister
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

vpl2mod.1

VPL2MOD.1(1)						      Sword Module Utilities						      VPL2MOD.1(1)

NAME

       vpl2mod - tool to convert verse per line source to SWORD module

SYNOPSIS

       vpl2mod SOURCE PATH [0|1] [0|1]

DESCRIPTION

       This utility is used to create SWORD module from the verse per line formated source. The resulting module will be saved in the path
       specified.

OPTIONS

       [0|1] [0|1]
	   The first option indicates whether to prepend verse references or not.  The second option is to indicate whether module is NT only or
	   not.

NOTE

       With no verse references source file must contain exactly 31102 lines. This is KJV verse count plus heading for the module, testament, book
       and chapter. An example snippet follows:

	MODULE HEADER
	OLD TESTAMENT HEADER
	GENESIS HEADER
	CHAPTER 1 HEADER
	In the beginning...

       This example implies there must also be a chapter 2 header, Exodus header, New Testament header, etc. If there is no text for the header, a
       black line must, at least, hold place.

       With verse references, source file must simply contain any number of lines, that begin with the verse reference for which it is an entry,
       e.g.:

	gen 1:0 CHPATER 1 HEADER
	get 1:1 In the beginning...

Authors
       This manual page was written by Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.ledkov@gmail.com> for Debian project but may be used by others.

SEE ALSO

SWORD 1.6.2+dfsg						    2012-02-22							      VPL2MOD.1(1)
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