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# 1  
Old 11-29-2011
awk command in special character
Hi,

I want to add below line after end of a file (i.e file1)

&&echo "copy done" >> out.txt

HTML Code:
cat file1
scp user1@server1:/tmp/dir /tmp/dir1
my requirment is

HTML Code:
cat file1
scp user1@server1:/tmp/dir /tmp/dir1 &&echo "copy done" >> out.txt
could any one please help me


Thanks
# 2  
Old 11-29-2011
What's the "cat file1" for?

What do you need help with? You seem to have already been given the answer...
# 3  
Old 11-29-2011
actually I am runing command
Code:
# cat file1
/tmp/dir1/A1
/tmp/dir1/A2

# awk '{print $1 " \&&echo "scp done" >> out.txt"}' file1 > file2
awk: warning: escape sequence `\&' treated as plain `&'

# cat file2
/tmp/dir1/A1 &&echo  >> out.txt
/tmp/dir1/A2 &&echo  >> out.txt

but I want output as
Code:
/tmp/dir1/A1 &&echo "scp done" >> out.txt

Last edited by Scott; 11-29-2011 at 03:44 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 4  
Old 11-29-2011
You want that output? Or you want that command to be run?

Because you haven't used code tags it's almost impossible to tell the difference between your files and your shell statements.
# 5  
Old 11-29-2011
ohh ..sorry ..!!
is it clear now?

actually I am runing command

Code:
# cat file1
/tmp/dir1/A1
/tmp/dir1/A2

Code:
# awk '{print $1 " \&&echo "scp done" >> out.txt"}' file1 > file2
awk: warning: escape sequence `\&' treated as plain `&'  --> this warning i am getting

Code:
# cat file2
/tmp/dir1/A1 &&echo >> out.txt
/tmp/dir1/A2 &&echo >> out.txt

but I want output as
Code:
#cat file2
/tmp/dir1/A1 &&echo "scp done" >> out.txt
/tmp/dir1/A2 &&echo "scp done" >> out.txt

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Last edited by Scott; 11-29-2011 at 03:45 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 6  
Old 11-29-2011
You certainly don't need to build shell scripts inside awk to do that.

Code:
while read LINE
do
        "$LINE" && echo "$LINE:  scp done"
done < file1 > out.txt

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# 7  
Old 11-29-2011
Code:
awk '{print $1 " &&echo \"scp done\" >> out.txt"}' file1 > file2

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