Format Question

UNIX for Beginners Q & A
1

Hello friends

i have a file that outputs like this:

lineA
lineB
lineC

I would like it to format it like this as output:

'lineA','lineB','lineC'

Can you help?

Thank you

2

Hello DallasT,

Considering that your actual Input_file is same as shown sample Input_file, could you please try following and let me know if this helps you.

awk -v s1="'" -v s2="," 'val{printf s1 val s1 s2;} {val=$0} END{printf s1 val s1 RS}'  Input_file

Thanks,
R. Singh

3

Worked beautifully my friend.

thank you!