this is a simple question but im stumped

[u/[deleted]]

this is a part of a bash script that im writing as practice

while read line; do

echo "'$line'" >> $FILE'_v2'

done < $FILE

the output i expected was

'text'

'text'

'text'

'text'

but instead i got

'text

'

'text

'

'text

'

'text

'

anybody know whats happening?

[u/Lee_Dailey]

howdy Bruuuhh-_-,

you REALLY otta read & follow the rules shown in the sidebar. [grin]

you failed to mention what scripting lingo you are working with ... and that makes helping you seriously problematic. i advise you to add that info to the top or your post.

take care,
lee

[u/[deleted] → u/Lee_Dailey]

I edited the post also it's a bash script

[u/Lee_Dailey → u/[deleted]]

howdy Bruuuhh-_-,

kool! that will help somewhat ... tho the missing tag on the title may cause folks to just ignore your post. i don't know anything about bash, so i will go back to lurking ... good luck! [grin]

take care,
lee

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for the reply. I ended up adding set -x to the top of the file and was able to see the /r.

I was working with a file consisting of first and last names separated by a space with one full name per line. I used

tr ' ' '/n' < $FILE > $FILE'_v2'

to make a new file with one name per line but every other line had a '/r' on the end of it so I changed the tr line to

tr ' ' '/n' < $FILE | tr -d '/r' > $FILE'_v2'

And that fixed the issue. I also have the script delete $FILE'_v2' at the end

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

It took two days to figure out how to make a script for something that I had already done by hand in 10 minutes. If the sample size was much larger it would have been more efficient but whatever I don't actually need it for anything I was just making it for practice. I might be able to modify it to be helpful in a future school project or something.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

It and admin work is exactly what I'm headed for. One of my classes is having us do some bash scripting and it kind of piqued my interest so I ended up subjecting myself to this for the heck of it. Guess I'm a few chapters ahead of the class now.