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Old 05-13-2015
Have you checked printf? Search for it.
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Old 05-14-2015
Hi,

Thanks....i am trying with printf command & hopefully i will make it the way i want it.

PKS
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Old 05-14-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by clx
Have you checked printf? Search for it.
Hi,

I have checked with printf and tried everything but still the output is not as i am expecting but it 90% correct

in attached screen shot if you will see it is adding tab before printing both the output but not in next line. it is showing two type of put put line 1 & 4 is one way rest all line is another way. there is something wrong with TAB but not able to find what.

Code:
clear
search_folder=/home/pks/Desktop
while read line;
do
printf "%s\t %s\t" "File:-$line" `find $search_folder -name $line -type f`
done < /home/pks/Desktop/office.txt # > output.txt

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