How To create Flat Files using Unix Shell Script?

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi all,

How to create Flat Files using Unix Shell Script. The Script is supposed to be sheduled to run at a particular time?

Thanks in advance
Appu

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Which shell are you using? Which OS and version?

To create an empty file see the man page for the touch command
To create an empty file and add to it, check out the man page for the shell you are using ( > will redirect output to a file ((overwriting it if it exist)) - ( >> will append to an existing file)

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see this therad ...

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hi,
operating on Unix, i am using Korn Shell. See the thing is i have to create a flat files which collects the data from different systems or say from a database through this script. And i have to shedule the script at a particular time. Are there any restrictions on the length of flat file name?

Pls help me. as i am new to this scripting....

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As far as restriction on length of a normal file goes it is 255 characters.