Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,
when i am executing this script, i am getting the values of TID and Intime in different lines.
How can i print both output values in a single line. please advise

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#!/bin/ksh
export Path="/abc/def/ghi";
Home="/abc/jkl/prt";
cd $Path
cat $Home | while read line
do
TID=$(echo $line|awk '{print $4}');
Intime=$(ls -ltr | grep $TID | awk '{print $8}')
print $line
print $Intime
done
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Output : Prateek
12:15
Desired outpt : Prateek 12:15
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Thanks in Advance

well, the option i know is use "echo" instead of print
and use the option "-n" to tell echo not to output a new line

replace

print $line
print $Intime

for

echo -n $line
echo $Intime

buuut, that script looks really, hmmm, is like using "cat file | grep something"

i strongly suggest you stop using awk in that manner
also, exporting a variable called HOME and one called PATH is not really smart ....
also, not cheking if the cd worked can be dangerous (i know a guy that used cd and then deleted all the files in that folder, but the cd didnt worked and he deleted the /bin folder)
|| means, "if the previos command failled, execute this", is the oposite of && that means "if the previous command ended ok do this"

feeding the while from below is faster and cleaner

awk can output adta, dont need to create a variable (and use memory and cpu cycles)
printf works pretty much liek the c analog, and if you want a new line, you have to tell awk to do so (in the second printf , the \n)

BEWARE, im doing this blindly in the forum, so check it out for simple syntax errors

if you need more info, read this,. is like my bible when it comes to scripting

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
i also noticed that you use ksh
any reason to do so?
any ways, that bash "manual" is still good :P

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
#some comment about what do the files and folder are
folder1="/abc/def/ghi";
file1="/abc/jkl/prt";
# always separate the var creaton with the "main"


cd $folder1 || echo "cat cd to folder: $folder1"; exit 1


while read line
do
      echo $line|awk '{printf "%s",$4 }'
      ls -ltr | grep $TID | awk '{printf "%s\n",$8}'

done < $file1

Print in the same line

Code:

print $line $Intime

Concur with broli that the script can probably be refactored to make better use of awk.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

Home="/abc/jkl/prt";
Path="/abc/def/ghi"

ls -ltr "$Path" | awk 'NR==FNR { t[$4] = $4; next }
{ print $0, t[$4] }' - $Home

I'm not sure I really grasp what TID is supposed to be, so you might want to change t[$4] to something else. I assumed TID will be the fourth field in the file $Home. (Less weird variable names would help, too.)