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Old 04-18-2008, 04:51 PM   #1
michael_nc
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"for" loop with awk


Hi, I am new to linux and awk, and am trying to run a script that will execute an awk command that deletes the first column of a file for every file in a directory.

I think it should look like this:

for i in *; do awk '{$1=""}1' $i > $i_done.txt; done

When I run this it finished, but I don't get any new output files, only one file called ".txt" which appears to have all the results in it.

But when take the command out of the for loop and just run it on one file, it works exactly as it should.

I am using Cygwin on a windows box.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike
 
Old 04-18-2008, 04:57 PM   #2
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You're using a variable which is not assigned:
Code:
> $i_done.txt
this uses a variable called "i_done". It should be
Code:
> ${i}_done.txt
note that the dot is not included in the variable name (and so the following text) whereas the underscore is.
 
Old 04-18-2008, 05:12 PM   #3
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Hi,
And welcome to LQ!

And a sed alternative that saves you the loop...

Code:
sed -r -iori 's/^[^ \t]+[^ \t](.*)/\1/' *
Admittedly the regex may look a tad daunting ;}


Cheers,
Tink

Last edited by Tinkster; 04-18-2008 at 05:24 PM. Reason: make back-up copy
 
  


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