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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Add strings from one file at the end of specific lines in text file Post 302867687 by gus74 on Thursday 24th of October 2013 05:05:18 PM
Old 10-24-2013
Add strings from one file at the end of specific lines in text file
Hello All,

this is my first post so I don't know if I am doing this right.

I would like to append entries from a series of strings (contained in a text file) consecutively at the end of specifically labeled lines in another file.

As an example:

- the file that contains the values to be added (cluster_sizes.txt):

Code:
;size=3
;size=142
;size=21

- the file these entries shall be added to at the end of each line that begins with ">" (rep_sequences.fasta):

Code:
>seq_3453 source=sludge
AGCATTAGATCCATAGACTACAG
>seq_92 source=water 
CAGGATACAGTACACAGTACAGTACA
>seq_24 source=filter
AGTGACAGTACCCCGTAGACAGTA

so the output should look like:

Code:
>seq_3453 source=sludge;size=3
AGCATTAGATCCATAGACTACAG
>seq_92 source=water;size=142
CAGGATACAGTACACAGTACAGTACA
>seq_24 source=filter;size=21
AGTGACAGTACCCCGTAGACAGTA

is this possible with awk or some similar language/ command? I have been searching on the net but don't really know how to get towards the needed information. I am a newbie to this world of text manipulation.

Any help is greatly welcome, thanks in advance!

Gus
 

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xmstringtableunparse

XmStringTableUnparse(library call)										XmStringTableUnparse(library call)

NAME

       XmStringTableUnparse -- A convenience function that converts a table of compound strings to an array of text

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Xm/Xm.h>
       XtPointer * XmStringTableUnparse(
       XmStringTable table,
       Cardinal count,
       XmStringTag tag,
       XmTextType tag_type,
       XmTextType output_type,
       XmParseTable parse,
       Cardinal parse_count,
       XmParseModel parse_model);

DESCRIPTION

       XmStringTableUnparse  takes  an	array  of compound strings, allocates a string array for the type of characters determined by type with an
       equal number of slots, calls XmStringUnparse on each compound string in table, and inserts the resulting string in the  corresponding  slot
       in the array.

       table	 Specifies an XmStringTable containing the compound string to be converted.

       count	 Specifies the number of compound strings in table.

       tag	 Specifies  the  tag  to  be  used  in	matching  with	text  segments.  The two types of tag types are XmFONTLIST_DEFAULT_TAG and
		 _MOTIF_DEFAULT_LOCALE.  Only segments tagged with tag will be returned. If tag is NULL, all segments will be matched.

       tag_type  Specifies the type of tag to be searched for. These types include XmMULTIBYTE_TEXT, XmWIDECHAR_TEXT, and XmCHARSET_TEXT.

       output_type
		 Specifies the type of text to be generated. These types include XmMULTIBYTE_TEXT, XmWIDECHAR_TEXT, and XmCHARSET_TEXT.

       parse	 Specifies the parse table to be used.

       parse_count
		 Specifies the number of items in parse.

       parse_model
		 Specifies which non-text components to be considered in matching in parse_table. Possible values are:

		 XmOUTPUT_ALL
			   Puts out all matching components.

		 XmOUTPUT_BETWEEN
			   Puts out only those matching components that are between two matching text components.

		 XmOUTPUT_BEGINNING
			   Puts out only those matching components that are at the beginning of a matching text component.

		 XmOUTPUT_END
			   Puts out only those matching components that are at the end of a matching text component.

		 XmOUTPUT_BOTH
			   Puts out only those matching components that are at the beginning or end of a matching text component.

RETURN

       Returns an allocated array of allocated strings.  The application is responsible for managing the allocated  space.   The  application  can
       recover	the allocated strings space by calling XtFree count times (that is, one time for each allocated string).  The application can then
       recover the allocated array by calling XtFree on the allocated array itself.

RELATED

       XmStringTab.

														XmStringTableUnparse(library call)
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