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# 1  
Old 12-11-2013
Command line multiple input
I'm using the below to get multiple input from USER and it is working, is there any better way in awk array single liner?

Code:
echo "Enter Multiple input (Ctrl+d to exit)"
>output

while read A 
do
echo "$A" >>output
done

# 2  
Old 12-11-2013
Try :

Code:
$ awk 'BEGIN{ print "Enter input "; getline input < "-"; print input >"output_file" }' 
Enter input
Roozo

$ cat output_file 
Roozo

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# 3  
Old 12-11-2013
I would go with:-
Code:
echo "Enter input with CNTL-D to terminate"
dd of=output_file

You get some output with it to standard erro, so you can bin that by appending 2>/dev/null if you wish.


I hope that this helps.


Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn
UK
# 4  
Old 12-11-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by rbatte1
Code:
dd of=output_file

You get some output with it to standard erro, so you can bin that by appending 2>/dev/null if you wish.
Sometimes we overlook the simplest solution.
Code:
cat >>output

Regards,
Alister
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