Hi all,
I'm pretty new to Shell scripting and I need some help to split a source text file into multiple files. The source has a row with pattern where the file needs to be split, and the pattern row also contains the file name of the destination for that specific piece. Here is an example:
source.txt:
-----------
------ BEGIN SPLIT: file_abc.txt
a
b
c
------ BEGIN SPLIT: file_def.txt
d
e
f
------ BEGIN SPLIT: file_gh.txt
g
h
What I need as a result, are 3 files, with the specified names and with the following content (excluding the pattern line with the file name existing in the source file):
file_abc.txt:
------------
a
b
c
file_def.txt:
-----------
d
e
f
file_gh.txt:
-----------
g
h
Is this something awk can help with? The source file can get pretty big and the script could generate 100-200 files after the split. I would appreciate any guidance or samples for this!
Thank you!