in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Kristian Vaaf thusly... > > I'm looking for pointers on how to make a simple shell script that > will generate new names based on words (one word per line) from > two different files, and output these to a third file. ... > The first file will be a list of custom words. The second file > will be /usr/local/share/dict/words. > > If the first word in the custom list is "apathy" and the first word in the > dictionary file is "alien", it will generate: > > apathyalien > alienapathy > > To a third file. And then continue with the rest of the words ... > > A friend told me I could do something like this:
( reformatted for loop) > for i in $(<list1) $(<list2) That will generate, first, all the words from list1, then from list2, in a sequence. You may also get "too many args" or some such error message if list[12] are sufficiently huge. BTW, process substitution -- $( <file ) construct -- does not work w/ /bin/sh of FreeBSD 6, but does w/ bash 3 or zsh 4. So, when you (general "you") post a shell question, please also mention the intended shell being used. > do echo -n $i > done \ That will put all the words, from both list[12], in one long line, on standard out. > && echo >> list 3 At the end of the loop, you put a new lines in file "list" , not "list3" (which i assume is only a typo). Mind you nothing else (namely the for loop output) goes in list3. I do not have a solution yet, will post later if nobody else posts (a working) one. - Parv -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
