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Old 03-12-2012
LINUX how to generate multiple line output file
Hi All,

I am trying to generate a file through a LINUX scripting as shown below

Code:
export field1=`cat dir/filename1.txt |wc -l`
echo "field1 : $field1 >>dir/WeeklySummaryReport.txt
export field2=`cat dir/filename2.txt |wc -l`
echo "field2 : $field2 >>dir/WeeklySummaryReport.txt

While checking the file, i could see the output is coming as a single line in the file. Can you pls help me with the command that I can add to my script to make the output into multiple lines.

Also, wondering whether we need to take care of anything if I plan to generate this report in html format.

Any thoughts will be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Freddie

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Last edited by radoulov; 03-12-2012 at 10:37 AM..
# 2  
Old 03-12-2012
Code:
wc -l *Report.txt >outputfile

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# 3  
Old 03-12-2012
There are a couple of double quote characters missing in your script:

Code:
export field1=`cat dir/filename1.txt |wc -l`
echo "field1 : $field1" >>dir/WeeklySummaryReport.txt
export field2=`cat dir/filename2.txt |wc -l`
echo "field2 : $field2" >>dir/WeeklySummaryReport.txt

# 4  
Old 03-13-2012
Thanks for your reply.
I have resolved the syntax error in the LINUX script. But still getting the output as below,(with boxes)


Total SSN Suspects : 6880[]First Name + Last Name Suspects : 10201[]First Name + DOB Suspects : 9092[]Last Name + DOB Suspects : 149[]Total Initial Suspects : 10988

Any thoughts.

Thanks
Freddie
# 5  
Old 03-14-2012
Code:
... | sed 's/\[]/\n/g'

Code:
... | awk '{print $1}' RS=']' FS='['

Code:
# echo 'Total SSN Suspects : 6880[]First Name + Last Name Suspects : 10201[]First Name + DOB Suspects : 9092[]Last Name + DOB Suspects : 149[]Total Initial Suspects : 10988' | sed 's/\[]/\n/g'
Total SSN Suspects : 6880
First Name + Last Name Suspects : 10201
First Name + DOB Suspects : 9092
Last Name + DOB Suspects : 149
Total Initial Suspects : 10988

Code:
# echo 'Total SSN Suspects : 6880[]First Name + Last Name Suspects : 10201[]First Name + DOB Suspects : 9092[]Last Name + DOB Suspects : 149[]Total Initial Suspects : 10988' | awk '{print $1}' RS=']' FS='['
Total SSN Suspects : 6880
First Name + Last Name Suspects : 10201
First Name + DOB Suspects : 9092
Last Name + DOB Suspects : 149
Total Initial Suspects : 10988

Last edited by ctsgnb; 03-14-2012 at 05:11 AM..
# 6  
Old 04-06-2012
LINUX how to generate multiple line output file
Hi All,

I tried the below commands & it didnt work for me.

export a=/path/filename1.txt| cut -d ' ' -f1`
echo "Total recs : $a">>/path/Report.html | awk '{print $1}' RS=']' FS='['
export b=/path/filename2.txt |wc -l`
echo "b : $b">>/path/Report.html | awk '{print $1}' RS=']' FS='['

Also, i tried using the sed command below,

| sed 's/\[]/\n/g'

Still the 2 entries into the html file is coming in one line in the html file.
Can you pls shed some light on bringing this 2 output values in 2 separate rows in the html file.

Thanks much
Freddie
 
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