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# 1  
Old 08-27-2009
Redirect output of print statement to file

Smilie I have a ksh script which gathers data from a file. I need to find a way to direct the output to a new file. The code looks something like this:

Code:
 
DUP_FILE=`touch /export/.../.../dup_social_$1`
 
while (($# > 0 ))
do
# Make sure the file exists
if [[ ! -f $1 ]]
then
print "$1: does not exist or not accessible \n"
else
#open the file for input
exec 0<$1
while read LINE
do
# Store Social Security numbers to SOCIAL1 and SOCIAL2
SOCIAL1=`echo "$LINE" | awk '{ print substr ($0, 105, 9) }'`
SOCIAL2=`echo "$LINE" | awk '{ print substr ($0, 212, 9) }'`
if [ "$SOCIAL1" = "$SOCIAL2" ] ; then
print "$LINE" >> ${DUP_FILE}
fi
...
...

The output is sent to the screen, but not to $DUP_FILE. What am I missing to get the output to go to $DUP_FILE?

Last edited by vidyadhar85; 08-27-2009 at 04:20 PM.. Reason: code tag added
# 2  
Old 08-27-2009
Code:
DUP_FILE=`touch /export/.../.../dup_social_$1`

this won't work....
and there is no need to touch a file use redirection operator directly it will create the file itself
# 3  
Old 08-27-2009
Thanks for the reply. I solved this problem with the following:

Code:
DUP_FILE="/export/.../.../dup_social_$1"
 
while (($# > 0 ))
do
# Make sure the file exists
if [[ ! -f $1 ]]
then
print "$1: does not exist or not accessible \n"
else
#open the file for input
exec 3>$DUP_FILE
exec 0<$1
while read LINE
do
# Store Social Security numbers to SOCIAL1 and SOCIAL2
SOCIAL1=`echo "$LINE" | awk '{ print substr ($0, 105, 9) }'`
SOCIAL2=`echo "$LINE" | awk '{ print substr ($0, 212, 9) }'`
if [ "$SOCIAL1" = "$SOCIAL2" ] ; then
print -u3 "$LINE" 
fi
...
...
# Close the open file descriptor 3
exec 3>&-


Last edited by vgersh99; 08-27-2009 at 05:23 PM.. Reason: code tags, PLEASE!
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Old 08-27-2009
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# 5  
Old 08-27-2009
Quote:
DUP_FILE=`touch /export/.../.../dup_social_$1`
The value of ${DUP_FILE} will be blank.

Try:

Code:
DUP_FILE="/export/.../.../dup_social_$1"



---------- Post updated at 09:32 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:25 PM ----------

Quote:
exec 3>$DUP_FILE
exec 0<$1
exec 3>&-
Unless you are experimenting with re-assigning channels this just makes the script complicated.
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