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# 1  
Old 05-24-2012
Extract some lines from one file and add those lines to current file
hi,

i have two files.

file1.sh
Code:
echo "unix"
echo "linux"

file2.sh
Code:
echo "unix linux forums"

now the output i need is

Code:
$./file2.sh
unix linux forums
$
$./file1.sh
unix
linux
unix linux forums
$


i want extract that line in file2.sh and add it to first line and also execute that one.

i need following
Code:
$vi file1.sh
echo "unix"
echo "linux"
<script to exarct and execute some lines from file2>

# 2  
Old 05-24-2012
Hi
Not sure whether I got your question correctly.


Code:
$ cat file1.sh
echo "unix"
echo "linux"
x=`awk 'NR==1' file2.sh`
eval $x

In place of '==1', you can put the appropriate line number which you want to extract.

Output:
Code:
$ ./file1.sh
unix
linux
unix linux forums

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# 3  
Old 05-24-2012
Try this:

file3.sh
echo "unix" echo "linux"
echo `file2.sh`
# 4  
Old 05-24-2012
thanks guruprasadpr for your useful reply.
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