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Old 05-21-2013
Remove newline char from variable
I have a file ABC.DAT with 2 columns avaialble
Data format :
Code:
XYZ!$#$!120
XXZ!$#$!1000
YYZ!$#$!104

While running the following code :

Code:
FILE_COUNTER=1;
RECORD_CN_FILE_COUNT=$((`wc -l ABC.DAT| cut -f1 -d' '`));
while [ $FILE_COUNTER -le $RECORD_CN_FILE_COUNT ]
do
FILE_NAME=`cat ABC.DAT.DAT| head -$FILE_COUNTER |tail -1 | awk -F '[!][$][#][$][!]' '{print $1}'`
FILE_CNT=`cat $ABC.DAT | head -$FILE_COUNTER |tail -1 | awk -F '[!][$][#][$][!]' '{print $2}'`
DATA_CNT_FILE=`wc -l ABC.DAT| cut -f1 -d' '`;
echo $FILE_NAME','$FILE_CNT','$TOTAL_D_COUNT','$DATA_CNT_FILE > NNN.DAT;
FILE_COUNTER=$(( FILE_COUNTER + 1 ));
done

The last echo is bieng redirected in file gives me an output value with
Code:
XYZ,120
,3


##I get a newline character in the variable $FILE_CNT along with data,how do I remove this newline character from the variable without using SED.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-21-2013 at 01:39 PM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 05-21-2013
Please use code tags for posting any code fragments or data samples.

Can you briefly explain what exactly you are trying to achieve? It will be better if you can post a sample input and desired output.
 
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