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Old 06-22-2013
How to write text file data to excel using UNIX shell script?

Hi All,
I have the requirement in unix shell script.
I want to write the "ls -ltr" command out put to excel file as below.

Input :text file data :

Code:
drwxr-xr-x 5 root  root  4096 Oct  2 12:26
drwxr-xr-x 2 apx   aim   4096 Nov 29 18:40 
drwxr-xr-x 5 root  root  4096 Oct  2 12:26
drwxr-xr-x 2 apx   aim   4096 Nov 29 18:40
drwxr-xr-x 5 root  root  4096 Oct  2 12:26
drwxr-xr-x 2 apx   aim   4096 Nov 29 18:40

Output ; Excel file :

Code:
drwxr-xr-x|5|root|root|4096|Oct|2|12:26
drwxr-xr-x|2|apx|aim|4096|Nov|29|18:40
drwxr-xr-x|5|root|root|4096|Oct|2|12:26
drwxr-xr-x|2|apx|aim|4096|Nov|29|18:40
drwxr-xr-x|5|root|root|4096|Oct|2|12:26
drwxr-xr-x|2|apx|aim|4096|Nov|29|18:40

PS: I could not go for the perl script as I don't have perl in my server.
If any one can help me on this that would be great thanks :-)

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 06-22-2013 at 04:46 AM.. Reason: Removed image that did not work, added code tags
 

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FTP_RAWLIST(3)								 1							    FTP_RAWLIST(3)

ftp_rawlist - Returns a detailed list of files in the given directory

SYNOPSIS
mixed ftp_rawlist (resource $ftp_stream, string $directory, [bool $recursive = false]) DESCRIPTION
ftp_rawlist(3) executes the FTP LIST command, and returns the result as an array. PARAMETERS
o $ftp_stream - The link identifier of the FTP connection. o $directory - The directory path. May include arguments for the LIST command. o $recursive - If set to TRUE, the issued command will be LIST -R. RETURN VALUES
Returns an array where each element corresponds to one line of text. Returns FALSE when passed $directory is invalid. The output is not parsed in any way. The system type identifier returned by ftp_systype(3) can be used to determine how the results should be interpreted. EXAMPLES
Example #1 ftp_rawlist(3) example <?php // set up basic connection $conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server); // login with username and password $login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass); // get the file list for / $buff = ftp_rawlist($conn_id, '/'); // close the connection ftp_close($conn_id); // output the buffer var_dump($buff); ?> The above example will output something similar to: array(3) { [0]=> string(65) "drwxr-x--- 3 vincent vincent 4096 Jul 12 12:16 public_ftp" [1]=> string(66) "drwxr-x--- 15 vincent vincent 4096 Nov 3 21:31 public_html" [2]=> string(73) "lrwxrwxrwx 1 vincent vincent 11 Jul 12 12:16 www -> public_html" } SEE ALSO
ftp_nlist(3). PHP Documentation Group FTP_RAWLIST(3)
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