Original Message:
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From: Matthew Rogers matt@runithard.com
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:46:37 -0500
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] text manipulation
steve szmidt wrote:
> On Monday 07 January 2008, Eben King wrote:
>
>> Hey scripters:
>>
>> What can I run text through that'll change it from
>>
>> url1
>> filename1
>> url2
>> filename2
>>
>> to
>>
>> url1 filename1
>> url2 filename2
>>
>> Strictly speaking, it doesn't have to be in that format as long as I can
>> use both parts in the same command.
>>
>> I tried sed (specifically the "H" and "x" commands), but it seems my
sed-fu
>> is lacking. "paste"?
>>
>
> You could read it into a variable, then parse it. Depending on amount of
data
> this works:
>
> You have a file with:
> url1
> file1
> url2
> file2
> url3
> file3
> url4
> file4
>
> The script:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> Data=`cat datalist`
> Count=1
> echo "" > sortedlist
> for URL in $Data ; do
> if [ "$Count" -eq "1" ] ;then
> Line="$URL"
> else
> echo "$Line $URL"
> echo "$Line $URL" >> sortedlist
> Line=""
> Count=0
> fi
> Count=$(($Count+1))
> done
> echo
> echo "Result file:"
> cat sortedlist
>
> The sortedlist:
> url1 file1
> url2 file2
> url3 file3
> url4 file4
>
My lazy man's version:
#!/bin/sh
while read URL
do
read FILENAME
echo "$URL $FILENAME"
done
cat the input file to this script and redirect the output
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