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# 1  
Old 07-12-2010
Question space between two lines
hi team


i have file test which contain

HTML Code:
 
hi how are u
hi how u doing
hellooo
gud morning
excepted output is


HTML Code:
hi how are 
hi how u doing
 
hellooo
gudmorning
i want space between 2nd and 3rd row of the file
# 2  
Old 07-12-2010
Try it in below format...

hi how are
hi how u doing
echo " \n "
hellooo
gudmorning
# 3  
Old 07-13-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by udhayashankar
Try it in below format...

hi how are
hi how u doing
echo " \n "
hellooo
gudmorning

its just a sample if there are 1000 lines and i need space between ever lines .
is there any command to do this . . .like SED,AWK

---------- Post updated at 11:30 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:13 AM ----------

hi team

let me explain clearly what i want


i have a file test contain some 9 lines

HTML Code:
hi how u doing
hi helloo how r u
today is sunday
k we will go out
what u r doing here
shall we go to home
k we will meet later
i will call u tonite
take of ur pets

i want a line space between every three lines

my excepted output will be

HTML Code:
hi how u doing
hi helloo how r u
today is sunday
 
k we will go out
what u r doing here
shall we go to home
 
k we will meet later
i will call u tonite
take of ur pets
Last edited by natraj005; 07-12-2010 at 04:30 AM..
# 4  
Old 07-13-2010
Code:
#!/bin/bash

i=0
while read -r LINE
do
  if [ "$i" -eq 3 ];then
    echo ""
    i=0
  else
    echo "$LINE"
    ((i++))
  fi
done < "myfile"

# 5  
Old 07-13-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by kurumi
Code:
#!/bin/bash
 
i=0
while read -r LINE
do
  if [ "$i" -eq 3 ];then
    echo ""
    i=0
  else
    echo "$LINE"
    ((i++))
  fi
done < "myfile"

thnks kurumi , but its shows some error

Code:
 
#!/bin/bash
i=0
while read -r LINE
do
  if [ "$i" -eq 3 ];then
    echo ""
    i=0
  else
    echo "$LINE"
    ((i++))
  fi
done < "test"

Error

Code:
-bash-3.00$ sh line.sh
line.sh: -r: is not an identifier

# 6  
Old 07-13-2010
use bash
Code:
-bash-3.00$ bash line.sh

# 7  
Old 07-13-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by kurumi
use bash
Code:
-bash-3.00$ bash line.sh


thnks kurumi its working , but some mischange . it delete the line after 3rd line and make it as a line space . .

input

Code:
-bash-3.00$ cat  test
hi how u doing
hi helloo how r u
today is sunday
k we will go out
what u r doing here
shall we go to home
k we will meet later
i will call u tonite
shall we go out

Code:
 
bash-3.00$ cat line.sh
#!/bin/bash
i=0
while read -r  LINE
do
  if [ "$i" -eq 3 ];then
    echo ""
    i=0
  else
    echo "$LINE"
    ((i++))
  fi
done < "test"

output

Code:
 
-bash-3.00$ bash line.sh
hi how u doing
hi helloo how r u
today is sunday
 
what u r doing here
shall we go to home
k we will meet later
 
shall we go out

my excepted output is

Code:
hi how u doing
hi helloo how r u
today is sunday

k we will go out
what u r doing here
shall we go to home

k we will meet later
i will call u tonite
shall we go out
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