how to read a file to an echo statement

Celvin_VK · March 24, 2009, 1:55pm

I was searching for an option where i can echo some strings together with the contents of a file.

Eg. I was to echo the below string to a file
"alter application PMS_ add variable CurrYear Y2009;" >> ${ESS_MAXL_DIR}/PMS_SUB.txt

The value 2009 is coming from a file called date.txt without the Y, so i'm looking for an option to get Y2009 to my echo statement.

Can somebody please help me with this?

Regards

CK

vidyadhar85 · March 24, 2009, 2:05pm

you mean like this???

fnsonlu1-/home/fnsonlu1> cat vv
2009
fnsonlu1-/home/fnsonlu1> echo "Y"`cat vv`
Y2009

Celvin_VK · March 24, 2009, 2:13pm

Thanks a lot Vidya this is the one!!!!!!:)

vidyadhar85 · March 24, 2009, 2:24pm

few more ways!!!

fnsonlu1-/home/fnsonlu1> printf "Y"`cat vv`"\n"
Y2009
fnsonlu1-/home/fnsonlu1> sed 's/\(.*\)/Y\1/g' vv
Y2009
fnsonlu1-/home/fnsonlu1> awk '{print "Y"$0}' vv
Y2009