hiya guys, i am trying to learn unix and i am sort of stuck in couple of questions, which i was hoping to get some help on.
1- i have created a file using the follwoing script: -
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#!/bin/bash
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ls -l > cust1
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ls -x >> cust1
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echo "The script has been run"
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wc -l cust1 >> cust1
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echo "The total number of words has been added to the file"
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basically what i need to learn how to do is how can i append a text to begining, middle and end of the file.
eg: i would like to add : "Required information" to the start, midle and end of the file.
I have also been told i cant use SED or AWK.
Any help or pointer would be great.
thx in advance
Keyvan.
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hiya guys, i am trying to learn unix and i am sort of stuck in couple of questions, which i was hoping to get some help on.
1- i have created a file using the follwoing script: -
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#!/bin/bash
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ls -l > cust1
-
ls -x >> cust1
-
-
echo "The script has been run"
-
-
wc -l cust1 >> cust1
-
-
echo "The total number of words has been added to the file"
-
-
basically what i need to learn how to do is how can i append a text to begining, middle and end of the file.
eg: i would like to add : "Required information" to the start, midle and end of the file.
I have also been told i cant use SED or AWK.
Any help or pointer would be great.
thx in advance
Keyvan.
this seems like homework. hint: you can use cat,split,>>
this seems like homework. hint: you can use cat,split,>>
it is and its driving me insane, but so far i have achieved this: -
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#!/bin/bash
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rm -Rf $1
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ls -l > cust1
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echo "script done"
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cp cust1 temp.file
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echo "Following infor blah blah" > temp2.file
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cat temp2.file >> temp.file
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cat temp.file >> cust1
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rm temp2.file
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rm temp.file
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cat cust1
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Problem is i need echo "Following infor blah blah" on top of the file and currently is appended at the bottom of the page. Any idea how can i do that?
Keyvan
to put a string on top of file without sed/awk, you just make a temp file with the string inside. Then use the cat command to append to the file -
# echo "thestringtoputontop" > temp
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# cat thefile >> temp
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# mv temp thefile
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to put the string in middle with sed/awk. here's a crude way. -
# linecount=$(wc -l file)
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# echo ${linecount%file}
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6
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# half=$(echo "${linecount%file}/2" | bc) #this will divide your file into half
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# echo $half
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3
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# echo "string" > temp
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# split -l $half file #this will produce files xaa,xab
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# cat temp >> xaa
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# cat xab >> xaa
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# mv xaa file
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to put string at end of file, just use the >> operator, or the usual cat.
Of course there are other ways to do all these, but this is just a crude example
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