want display a line with space in file by unix script



hi ,

i am having a file as

-----------------a.out-------------------
hi i am
unix developer
using hp unix
this is a
test
---------------------------------------

i need to read each line by a unix script of the file and to print in console with the space in the line as

sys1000:root>hi i am
sys1000:root> unix developer
sys1000:root> using hp unix
sys1000:root>this is a
sys1000:root> test

can u please let me know is this possible if so how ? please give the script.

thanks in advance,

is this what you want:

code:

while read iline
do

did you mean reading from the file and displaying it ? there had been so many posts discussing the same.

else,
is your requirement to read from the console and then print the contents.

this script doent print the space it simply print the line without space in starting of the line ..

please let me know how to print space line with the space in starting of the line

quote:
this script doent print the space it simply print the line without space in starting of the line ..

please let me know how to print space line with the space in starting of the line




code:
while ifs= read iline
do

try

code:

i think the main problem is that your original question was not put very well.

you seemd to ask how you can read a file and output it with a space at the begining of each line. this is a rather simple thing to do and can be achieved with any number of tools, 'sed' probably being the simplest:

code:

sed -e 's/^/ /' file.txt
however in your given example you only have an extra space at the begining of lines 2,3 and 5 ... and each line has what looks like your command line prompt at the begining (which doesn't make sense).

please try again to specify exactly what you want, and if possible why.

no i didnt mean that to do ... as an example i want to print the below line as it is

file 1:
==============================
1233333
2222
33333
=======================


the output should be as it but when i tried to do a print by reading the file it is showing as

1233333
2222

all,

this works fine


sed '2,3s/^/ /;5s/^/ /' input_file

can you please explain the same really tough to understand

code:

sed '2,3s/^/ /;5s/^/ /' input_file
2,3 - lines 2 through 3
s - substitute
/ - substitute delimiter (first)
^ - beginning of line
/ - substitute delimiter (middle)
space - change beginning of line to this string
/ - substitute delimiter (end)
; - sed command separator
5 - line 5
s - substitute
/ - substitute delimiter (first)
^ - beginning of line
/ - substitute delimiter (middle)
space - change beginning of line to this string