I am a scripting noob, and having much trouble getting this script to run correctly. Upon start it should read the home directory and sort the files into a text file. Then have user enter a user name and insert it into line 1 of the same text file. Then have the date insert into the second line of the text file. Followed by a conformation message. So far it writes the the text file but creates separate files for the inputs. I am so lost... help anyone?
Code:
ls --sort=extension > directory.txt
echo "Enter you user name..."
read input
sed -n "1w a\ '$input'" directory.txt
date=`date`
sed -n "2w a\ '$date'" directory.txt
echo "The operation completed successfully."
Last edited by Scott; 06-04-2013 at 01:29 AM..
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unix2dos - UNIX to DOS text file format converter
SYNOPSYS
unix2dos [options] [-c convmode] [-o file ...] [-n infile outfile ...]
Options:
[-hkqV] [--help] [--keepdate] [--quiet] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents unix2dos, the program that converts text files in UNIX format to DOS format.
OPTIONS
The following options are available:
-h --help
Print online help.
-k --keepdate
Keep the date stamp of output file same as input file.
-q --quiet
Quiet mode. Suppress all warning and messages.
-V --version
Prints version information.
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Sets conversion mode. Simulates unix2dos under SunOS.
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Old file mode. Convert the file and write output to it. The program default to run in this mode. Wildcard names may be used.
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New file mode. Convert the infile and write output to outfile. File names must be given in pairs and wildcard names should NOT be
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EXAMPLES
Get input from stdin and write output to stdout.
unix2dos
Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace b.txt.
unix2dos a.txt b.txt
unix2dos -o a.txt b.txt
Convert and replace a.txt in ASCII conversion mode. Convert and replace b.txt in ISO conversion mode.
unix2dos a.txt -c iso b.txt
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Convert and replace a.txt while keeping original date stamp.
unix2dos -k a.txt
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Convert a.txt and write to e.txt.
unix2dos -n a.txt e.txt
Convert a.txt and write to e.txt, keep date stamp of e.txt same as a.txt.
unix2dos -k -n a.txt e.txt
Convert and replace a.txt. Convert b.txt and write to e.txt.
unix2dos a.txt -n b.txt e.txt
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Convert c.txt and write to e.txt. Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace b.txt. Convert d.txt and write to f.txt.
unix2dos -n c.txt e.txt -o a.txt b.txt -n d.txt f.txt
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The program does not work properly under MSDOS in stdio processing mode. If you know why is that so, please tell me.
AUTHOR
Benjamin Lin - ( blin@socs.uts.edu.au )
MISCELLANY
Tested environment:
Linux 1.2.0 with GNU C 2.5.8
SunOS 4.1.3 with GNU C 2.6.3
MS-DOS 6.20 with Borland C++ 4.02
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SEE ALSO dos2unix(1)1995.03.31 unix2dos v2.2 unix2dos(1)
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sed will not write to same file
