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# 8  
Old 05-25-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Try
Code:
awk '
        {ARR[NR] = $0}
END     {for (i=1; i<=MAX; i++) {if (FN) close (FN)
                                 TCNT = sprintf ("%03d", i)
                                 FN = FILENAME TCNT ".txt" 
                                 for (j=1; j<=NR; j++)  {T = ARR[j]
                                                         gsub (/001/, TCNT, T)
                                                         print T > FN
                                                        }
                                }
        }
' MAX=3 file
cf *.txt
file001.txt:
-file1 001.txt -file2 blah1.txt -outputx x001blah1 -outputy y001blah1
-file1 001.txt -file2 blah2.txt -outputx x001blah2 -outputy y001blah2
-file1 001.txt -file2 blah3.txt -outputx x001blah3 -outputy y001blah3
file002.txt:
-file1 002.txt -file2 blah1.txt -outputx x002blah1 -outputy y002blah1
-file1 002.txt -file2 blah2.txt -outputx x002blah2 -outputy y002blah2
-file1 002.txt -file2 blah3.txt -outputx x002blah3 -outputy y002blah3
file003.txt:
-file1 003.txt -file2 blah1.txt -outputx x003blah1 -outputy y003blah1
-file1 003.txt -file2 blah2.txt -outputx x003blah2 -outputy y003blah2
-file1 003.txt -file2 blah3.txt -outputx x003blah3 -outputy y003blah3

EGADS. This worked beautifully!

One minor question while I try to work out all the syntax: the two sets of files for comparison (what I previously referred to as 001.txt and blah1.txt) actually have the same numbering system - since there are hundreds of them - but with a different letter prefix for each set, i.e., a001..a300.txt and b001..b300.txt. I only want the numbers starting with a to increase without changing b. Where should I specify/add this prefix?

In other words, the actual lines look more like this:

Code:
-file1 a001.txt -file2 b001.txt -outputx xa001b001 -outputy ya001b001
-file1 a001.txt -file2 b002.txt -outputx xa001b002 -outputy ya001b002
-file1 a001.txt -file2 b003.txt -outputx xa001bl003 -outputy ya001b003

As you can see, the current script would change the numbers for a (as intended) but also the corresponding number for b. This wouldn't be difficult to cross-check if I only had a few lines, but with hundreds, it becomes somewhat more tedious to correct manually. Sorry for the confusion! I was trying to keep my first post as simple as possible.


---------- Post updated at 07:01 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:47 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by RavinderSingh13
Hello pseudo.seppuku,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps, not tested though.
Code:
for file in *.txt; do let "i = i + 1"; awk -vI=$i '{gsub(/001/,"002",$0);VAL=sprintf("%02d",I);print >> FILENAME VAL;}' $file; done

Thanks,
R. Singh
Just tried it. Smilie The search and replace bit works perfectly. It only creates a single new file though, called file02. However, it's a little strange because if I delete this file and run the script again, the replacement is called file03 (instead of file02 again). Hope that makes sense.

Last edited by pseudo.seppuku; 05-25-2016 at 03:26 PM..
# 9  
Old 05-25-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by pseudo.seppuku
EGADS. This worked beautifully!

One minor question while I try to work out all the syntax: the two sets of files for comparison (what I previously referred to as 001.txt and blah1.txt) actually have the same numbering system - since there are hundreds of them - but with a different letter prefix for each set, i.e., a001..a300.txt and b001..b300.txt. I only want the numbers starting with a to increase without changing b. Where should I specify/add this prefix?

Sorry for the confusion!

---------- Post updated at 07:01 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:47 PM ----------

Just tried it. Smilie The search and replace bit works perfectly. It only creates a single new file though, called file02. However, it's a little strange because if I delete this file and run the script again, the replacement is called file03 (instead of file02 again). Hope that makes sense.
Hello pseudo.seppuku,

That's because you haven't run it as a script and when you ran it as a command, variable named i's value will be there in memory of shell and it will take it from there. When you save this as a script and run this will not happen. As for file names I am still little confuse as you need to show like current_file_name--> new_file_name etc, I hope this helps you.

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 10  
Old 05-25-2016
Sorry, the first comment (regarding prefixes) was referring to RudiC's script.

I only just started fiddling with Linux recently so that's good to know.

However, what I meant about your script was that it only creates a single new file (file001 with string 001 -> file002 with string 002). I need this done a few hundred times, until file300 with string 300.

Last edited by pseudo.seppuku; 05-25-2016 at 03:31 PM..
# 11  
Old 05-25-2016
It generates a filename dynamically, based on the input filename. Or are you saying each input file creates 300 output files?
# 12  
Old 05-25-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by pseudo.seppuku
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a different letter prefix for each set, i.e., a001..a300.txt and b001..b300.txt. I only want the numbers starting with a to increase without changing b. Where should I specify/add this prefix?

In other words, the actual lines look more like this:

Code:
-file1 a001.txt -file2 b001.txt -outputx xa001b001 -outputy ya001b001
-file1 a001.txt -file2 b002.txt -outputx xa001b002 -outputy ya001b002
-file1 a001.txt -file2 b003.txt -outputx xa001bl003 -outputy ya001b003

As you can see, the current script would change the numbers for a (as intended) but also the corresponding number for b.
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Not sure I get it - do you want the "a" numbers modified in the the file, or work on the file names starting with "a" only? I case of the former, try gsub (/a001/, "a" TCNT, T), in case of the latter, try a*.txt for the file name parameter.
 
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