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work on files in a directory Posted by neni (neni), 16 June 2005 Graham Hi!how can i open each file in a directory, and add that file name and line number on each line (there is data on each line). Thanks in advance Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 16 June 2005 Code:
Posted by neni (neni), 16 June 2005 Graham thanks for the reply. however, when i run the program the output has all the files merged together and i am getting a single file. i would like the output files to be separate (same as before) but want the file name and line number added to each of them. sorry if i was not clear in my first posting. The output of this code is file1 1: some data file1 2: some data file1 3: some data file1 4: some data file1 5: some data file1 6: some data file2 1: some data file2 2: some data file2 3: some data file2 4: some data file2 5: some data and so on...... thanks Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 16 June 2005 You can't output directly to a file of the same name, as you'll overwrite the original before you have read it. SO ...1. Open a file for output (with an extra extension such as .new) at the same time as you open the input file 2. Print to the new file handle rather than to stdout 3. Use the ren function to rename the new file once you've completed the writing to it. There are exceptions, but it's generally very bad practise to include the name of a file within the file data - it makes it very hard to rename the file and still have it function as you wish, for example. What are you doing? ![]() Posted by neni (neni), 16 June 2005 i want to merge the files in the next step and be able to track the origin of the data as there is duplicate data in these files and also wanted to keep them individually in the modified form as back-up . After what you advised i have dropped that idea.thanks for the help This page is a thread posted to the opentalk forum
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