Syntax problem.

Linusovic · 04-06-2016, 07:02 PM

Hello, as a desperate man i'm asking you guys as the last solution to a very simple question.

Pathetic attempt :

seq 10 > file1 && file2

I'm trying to load 1 - 10 into both files (does not require to be .txt files) .

How do i simply do it?

Much love // Linusovic

wpeckham · 04-06-2016, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linusovic

Hello, as a desperate man i'm asking you guys as the last solution to a very simple question.

Pathetic attempt :

seq 10 > file1 && file2

I'm trying to load 1 - 10 into both files (does not require to be .txt files) .

How do i simply do it?

Much love // Linusovic

Code:

man tee

and google for example using tee. I use it all the time, it makes this easy.

Linusovic · 04-07-2016, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wpeckham

Code:

man tee

and google for example using tee. I use it all the time, it makes this easy.

Thanks a lot!

ondoho · 04-09-2016, 02:00 AM

in this particular case, i'd simply use

Code:

seq 10 > file1; seq 10 > file2

and btw, file1 and file2 are text files, regardless of the extension. welcome to linux.

jpollard · 04-09-2016, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

in this particular case, i'd simply use

Code:

seq 10 > file1; seq 10 > file2

and btw, file1 and file2 are text files, regardless of the extension. welcome to linux.

Welll, they are text files if and only if the source is a text file (which is is with the seq utility).

"text file" is a bit of a misnomer on Linux - it depends on your font. Using UTF-8 allows for up to 3 bytes per glyph, and if one of those is the first "character" in the file, the file will show up as "data", and not "text".

A file is a sequence of 8 bit bytes. It MAY be text... but doesn't have to be.