If you want to print files side by side, you have to print them at the same time.
Like you python script in your post#1 does.
In the shell the "read" command automatically chops the leading end trailing space.
You see that it reads a line from file1 into variable L1 and simultaneously a line from file2 into variable L2. (Using two descriptors/streams that are opened when the loop starts.)
The echo command prints L1 and L2 side by side.
Need shell script to read two file at same time and print output in single file
Example I have two files 1) file1.txt 2) file2.txt
File1.txt contains
Aaa
Bbb
Ccc
Ddd
Eee
Fff
File2.txt contains
Zzz
Yyy
Xxx (10 Replies)
So basically what I want to do is pull out DNA sequences for a particular gene name.
I have 2 files (FILE1 and FILE2) and I want an output into a separate file (FILE3).
FILE1 and 2 are MASSIVE so I am only posting examples from each file.
So FILE1 looks like this (tab deliminted, 4... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a script that is monitoring a hot folder. This script works fine with one exception when the script is executed while a file is being copied to the hot folder.
What is the easiest method to check if the copy file is completed? I'd like to get the solution in bash :) (8 Replies)
i have 3 files as below:
i want to print 1st,2nd,5th and 10th filed of 1st to 5th lines from each files into a line of an output file, so the result would be:
:
{line1}(field 1 of line 1 from file 1)(field 2 of line 1 from file 1)(field 5 of line 1 from file 1)(field 10 of line 1 from file... (1 Reply)
I am connecting to a device using telnet, I want my script to perform certain commands : ie- show device , show inventory..etc and write the output it sees from the terminal to a file.
this is what I have got :
#!/usr/bin/expect --
set running 1
spawn telnet <ip address>
expect ... (1 Reply)
this is the requirement
list.txt
table1
table2
table3
testfile.txt
name#place#data#select * from table1
name2#place2#data2#select * from table 10 innerjoin table3
name2#place2#data2#select * from table 10
output
name place table1
name2 place table3
i tried using awk (7 Replies)
Hello,
I need a program that read a file line by line and prints out lines 1, 2 & 3 after an empty line... An example of entries in the file would be:
SRVXPAPI001 ERRO JUN24 07:28:34 1775
REASON= 0000, PROCID= #E506 #1065: TPCIPPR, INDEX= 003F
... (8 Replies)
hi guys, i want help... Reding XML file and print the values into the text file using linux shell script file as per below xml file
<sequence>
<Filename>aldorzum.doc</Filename>
<DivisionCode>US</DivisionCode>
<ContentType>Template</ContentType>
<ProductCode>VIMZIM</ProductCode>
</sequence>... (4 Replies)
I have files named with different prefixes. From each I want to extract the first line containing a specific string, and then print that line along with the prefix.
I've tried to do this with a while loop, but instead of printing the prefix I print the first line of the file twice.
Files:... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: pathunkathunk
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LEARN ABOUT BSD
cat
CAT(1) General Commands Manual CAT(1)NAME
cat - catenate and print
SYNOPSIS
cat [ -u ] [ -n ] [ -s ] [ -v ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
Cat reads each file in sequence and displays it on the standard output. Thus
cat file
displays the file on the standard output, and
cat file1 file2 >file3
concatenates the first two files and places the result on the third.
If no input file is given, or if the argument `-' is encountered, cat reads from the standard input file. Output is buffered in the block
size recommended by stat(2) unless the standard output is a terminal, when it is line buffered. The -u option makes the output completely
unbuffered.
The -n option displays the output lines preceded by lines numbers, numbered sequentially from 1. Specifying the -b option with the -n
option omits the line numbers from blank lines.
The -s option crushes out multiple adjacent empty lines so that the output is displayed single spaced.
The -v option displays non-printing characters so that they are visible. Control characters print like ^X for control-x; the delete char-
acter (octal 0177) prints as ^?. Non-ascii characters (with the high bit set) are printed as M- (for meta) followed by the character of
the low 7 bits. A -e option may be given with the -v option, which displays a `$' character at the end of each line. Specifying the -t
option with the -v option displays tab characters as ^I.
SEE ALSO cp(1), ex(1), more(1), pr(1), tail(1)BUGS
Beware of `cat a b >a' and `cat a b >b', which destroy the input files before reading them.
4th Berkeley Distribution May 5, 1986 CAT(1)