bakunin,
Thanks again so much for taking young time to help me ( and all of the users here...).
It works like a charm now. Here my code :
I don't know why print does not work to output error, so I use echo ( does it matter ? )
And
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Bakunin,
I learned so much thanks to you, I'll like to learn more about "modern shell".
Can you please point me to some clues where to start.
Thanks again
Thibault
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I'm trying to compare Actual.html with a baseline.html
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...
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Hi folks,
Happy new year.
I have a file 'filename' that i wd like to split basing on the contents in the last column.
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256772744788,9,11
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
head
HEAD(1) FSF HEAD(1)NAME
head - output the first part of files
SYNOPSIS
head [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no
FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-c, --bytes=SIZE
print first SIZE bytes
-n, --lines=NUMBER
print first NUMBER lines instead of first 10
-q, --quiet, --silent
never print headers giving file names
-v, --verbose
always print headers giving file names
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg.
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for head is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and head programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info head
should give you access to the complete manual.
head (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 HEAD(1)