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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Removing PATTERN from txt without removing lines and general text formatting Post 302918515 by Don Cragun on Wednesday 24th of September 2014 12:12:14 AM
Old 09-24-2014
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Originally Posted by AxeHandle
Thank you!
Also, I was using append >> to create a completely new file with the result.
I'm pretty noob !

How do I add to that Thank count you guys have?
Hi AxeHandle,
In both of the file redirections:
Code:
command > file
command >> file

if file did not exist beforehand, it will be created and the output written to standard output by command will be sent to file. If file did exist, the operator > will cause the current contents to be discarded before the data written by command is written to file while the operator >> will leave the current contents of file unchanged and will append the data written by command to the end of the previous contents of file.

In the bottom right corner of any post that you did not write and that you have not already thanked, there is a button with a hand with a thumb up and the word "Thanks". If you press that button, you will be adding your thanks to the person who submitted that post.

junior-helper,
The way I read the 1st post in this thread, I thought the hyphenation was added when a word was split across a page boundary in the original text of the book. I assumed that there wouldn't be more than one page break on a single line (so the g flag wouldn't be needed), but adding the g flag certainly wouldn't hurt.
 

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TIFFWriteDirectory(3tiff)				 Introduction to Library Functions				 TIFFWriteDirectory(3tiff)

NAME
TIFFWriteDirectory - write the current directory in an open TIFF file SYNOPSIS
#include <tiffio.h> int TIFFWriteDirectory(TIFF* tif) DESCRIPTION
Write the contents of the current directory to the file and set up to create a new subfile in the same file. Applications only need to call TIFFWriteDirectory when writing multiple subfiles to a single TIFF file. TIFFWriteDirectory is automatically called by TIFFClose and TIFF- Flush to write a modified directory if the file is open for writing. EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
Diagnostics All error messages are directed to the TIFFError(3tiff) routine. Error post-encoding befoBeforeecwritingitthe contents of the current directory, any pending data is flushed. This message indicates that an error occurred while doing this. Error flushing data befoBeforeewritingrthe.contents of the current directory, any pending data is flushed. This message indicates that an error occurred while doing this. Cannot write directory, Therefwasanot enough space to allocate a temporary area for the directory that was to be written. Error writing directory Aowrite error occurred when writing the count of fields in the directory. Error writing directory Aowriteserror occurred when writing the directory fields. Error writing directory Aiwrite error occurred when writing the link to the next directory. Error writing data for fAewriteserror occurred when writing indirect data for the specified field. Error writing TIFF headeA.write error occurred when rewriting header at the front of the file. Error fetching directoryAcread.error occurred when fetching the directory count field for a previous directory. This can occur when setting up a link to the directory that is being written. Error fetching directoryAlread error occurred when fetching the directory link field for a previous directory. This can occur when setting up a link to the directory that is being written. RETURN VALUES
1 is returned when the contents are successfully written to the file. Otherwise, 0 is returned if an error was encountered when writing the directory contents. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWTiff | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
libtiff(3), TIFFError(3tiff), TIFFOpen(3tiff), TIFFReadDirectory(3tiff), TIFFSetDirectory(3tiff) NOTES
This man page was originally written by Sam Leffler. Updated by Breda McColgan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004. SunOS 5.10 05 Apr 2004 TIFFWriteDirectory(3tiff)
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