awk command for reading files that are the contents of another file
I have a file named file1.txt that contains the lines:
e1.txt
e2.txt
These are files themselves existing in the same directory.
I want to use an awk command on file1.txt so as to read its contents(e1.txt and e2.txt) and print the contents of those files
I have tried awk '{cat $0}' file1.txt but it produces no result.
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I have a file named file1.txt that contains the lines:
e1.txt
e2.txt
These are files themselves existing in the same directory.
I want to use an awk command on file1.txt so as to read its contents(e1.txt and e2.txt) and print the contents of those files
I have tried awk '{cat $0}' file1.txt but it produces no result.
awk
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I have a file named file1.txt that contains the lines:
e1.txt
e2.txt
These are files themselves existing in the same directory.
I want to use an awk command on file1.txt so as to read its contents(e1.txt and e2.txt) and print the contents of those files
I have tried awk '{cat $0}' file1.txt but it produces no result.
awk
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I have a file named file1.txt that contains the lines:
e1.txt
e2.txt
These are files themselves existing in the same directory.
I want to use an awk command on file1.txt so as to read its contents(e1.txt and e2.txt) and print the contents of those files
I have tried awk '{cat $0}' file1.txt but it produces no result.
awk
awk
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You need a getline loop around each file (e1.txt, e2.txt etc) contained in file1.txt, like so
awk '{ while ((getline a < $0) > 0) print a}' file1.txt
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You need a getline loop around each file (e1.txt, e2.txt etc) contained in file1.txt, like so
awk '{ while ((getline a < $0) > 0) print a}' file1.txt
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You need a getline loop around each file (e1.txt, e2.txt etc) contained in file1.txt, like so
awk '{ while ((getline a < $0) > 0) print a}' file1.txt
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You need a getline loop around each file (e1.txt, e2.txt etc) contained in file1.txt, like so
awk '{ while ((getline a < $0) > 0) print a}' file1.txt
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You need a getline loop around each file (e1.txt, e2.txt etc) contained in file1.txt, like so
awk '{ while ((getline a < $0) > 0) print a}' file1.txt
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