Re: insert blank line

pk wrote:
> Dieter Kraft wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a shell script
>> with (1000) contiguous textlines like
>>
>>     ampl Models/aircrftb.mod  >   Output/aircrftb.out
>>     ampl Models/air****t.mod   >   Output/air****t.out
>>     ampl Models/aljazzaf.mod  >   Output/aljazzaf.out
>>     ampl Models/allinitc.mod  >   Output/allinitc.out
>>     ampl Models/allinit.mod   >   Output/allinit.out
>>     ampl Models/allinitu.mod  >   Output/allinitu.out
>>     ampl Models/alsotame.mod  >   Output/alsotame.out
>>
>> before each line I want to insert a new line to print
>> the model name into a TeX file, like
>>
>> printf '%s' "  aircrftb & " >> TABLE.TEX
>> and
>> printf '%s' "  air****t & " >> TABLE.TEX
>> etc.
>>
>> How can I do this in sed or awk?
> 
> (assuming the .mod and the .out name are always the same)
> 
> awk -v sq="'" -v dq='"' -F '[/.]' '{
>        print "printf "sq"%s"sq" "dq"  "$(NF-1)" & "dq" >> TABLE.TEX";
>        print}' yourscript.sh
> 
Thanks a lot; it's exactly what I need, but it is cryptic for me.
If you have some time could you explain roughly what you did.
Dieter

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Dieter Kraft
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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