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Old 05-12-2009
copy a line from one file to another
I like to know what unix command i can use to append the second line of file #1 to the end of file #2 so that it performs the following. Thanks in advance. The purpose of this is to keep track of another log file (from crontab) that i have which the log content is flushed every 5 minutes so that i need to keep copying the content when it is ready before it is flushed. Thanks.

###BEFORE###
<file #1>
this is file #1, line 1
this is file #1, line 2

<file #2>
this is file #2

###AFTER###
<file #1>
this is file #1, line 1
this is file #1, line 2

<file #2>
this is file #2
this is file #1, line 2
# 2  
Old 05-14-2009
???
The second line of file#1 is the last here but is it always the case?
Code:
 tail -1 file-1 >>file-2

# 3  
Old 05-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by vbe
???
The second line of file#1 is the last here but is it always the case?
Code:
 tail -1 file-1 >>file-2

how about a specifc line (lines) in general?
# 4  
Old 05-14-2009
One way to append line 5 of file1 to file2:

Code:
awk 'NR==5' file1 >> file2

# 5  
Old 05-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
One way to append line 5 of file1 to file2:

Code:
awk 'NR==5' file1 >> file2

Thanks a lot...you guys are the BEST
# 6  
Old 05-14-2009
Youre welcome!
Just needed to spark off curiosity...
 
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