Making file with values from different files

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hello,

I am stuck up in middle of a script.Pls have a look at the problem and help me in any way out for the same.

There are n number of files with n number of contents in a column.
for example :
file1 has contents in quotes
"abcd"
"1234-asbcd"
"12312".....

file2 has contents in quotes
"123csdfd"
"qwdqdq"
"qweqe"......

file3 has contents in quotes
"123csdfQ13"
"qwdqd12"
"qweqe111"......

and so on ........

The desired output which is expected is as below :
output file -----
fileoutput.abcd,NAME="abcd",ID="123csdfd",DESC="123csdfQ13";
fileoutput.abcd,NAME="1234-asbcd",ID="qwdqdq",DESC="qwdqd12";
fileoutput.abcd,NAME="12312",ID="qweqe",DESC="qweqe111";
.......
and so on .

I have tried many things like while loop, for loop but got no success

can anyone pls help urgently

Thanks inadvance
Aparna

2

Try with file descriptors.

exec 4<file1 5<file2 6<file3
while read name; do
  read id <&5
  read desc <&6
  echo "fileoutput.abcd,NAME=$name,ID=$id,DESC=$desc;"
done <&2 >output   # BUG: should be <&4
3

Hi era,

I tried the solution given by you but no success,
the code hangs and doesn't comes out to shell prompt.

Pls suggest somthg

Thanks

4

Oops, sorry, the last one after done should be <&4

My bad )-:

5

HI Era,

Thanks a lot it Worked for me :slight_smile:

MANY MANY THKS TO U

Tc- Aparna