Dazed_75 wrote:
>> Again, if there are no spaces in the file names, you might do something
>> like:
>>
>> newfile=mynewfile
>> oldfile=myoldfile
>> rm $newfile
>> while read cmd arg1 arg2 rest_of_line; do
>> if [ -z "$rest_of_line" ] && [ ! -z "$arg2" ]; then
>> echo "$cmd $arg2 $arg1" >>$mynewfile
>> else
>> echo "bypassed: $cmd $arg1 $arg2 $rest_of_line"
>> fi
>> done < $myoldfile
>>
>> 'nuf sed. ;)
>>
>> --
>> -Eric 'shubes'
>>
>>
> Eric,
>
> I have not tried this yet, but reading it looks like it is intended to
> be a script file which one would edit to replace the first two lines
> with the real file names and then run it.
That's correct.
> The error processing is a good addition.
Just a simple sanity check. ;) Could be more elaborate I suppose.
> Larry
Let me know how you like it. I think it's pretty straight forward.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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