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# 1  
Old 05-14-2007
How to copy data into a single file plus title
Hi

Can anyone help me with the task below?

Example:

The contents in fileA.txt are:
HELLO
HOW DO U DO?

The contents in fileA.txt are:
HI
I AM FINE.

how to combine the data in 2 files into one with the format below?
Case A-fileA.txt
HELLO
HOW DO U DO?

Case B-fileB.txt
HI
I AM FINE.

Thanks a lot in advance.
# 2  
Old 05-14-2007
What are the differences between input and output files ?

Jean-Pierre.
# 3  
Old 05-14-2007
hi

sorry for my unclear description of the problem.

I have two input files (fileA.txt and fileB.txt), and would like to write the contents of two input files into a new file(let says combine.txt).
In the new file, I would like to add some headers/titles(let say CaseA-fileA.txt and CaseB-fileB.txt) before every set of contents so that I know which content is belonging to which file.
# 4  
Old 05-14-2007
something like this
Code:
echo "Case A-fileA.txt" > newfile
cat fileA >> newfile
echo "Case B-fileb.txt" >> newfile
cat fileb >> newfile

# 5  
Old 05-15-2007
Hi.

You can play around with options on pr -- here's an example:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

# @(#) s1       Demonstrate pr.

for i
do
        pr -F -l24 $i
done

exit 0

Which, when run with your data produces:
Code:
% ./s1 d*
2007-05-15 08:08                      data1                       Page 1


HELLO
HOW DO U DO?

2007-05-15 08:08                      data2                       Page 1


HI
I AM FINE.

As usual, see the man page for details and other options -- man pr ... cheers, drl
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