Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!dsacg1!dpscg1!zcf1025 From: zcf1025@dpscg1.UUCP (Regina Dawley) Newsgroups: dla.wizards,dpsc.general,dsac.ais,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: awk Summary: i need to include the script Keywords: Reading a input file? Message-ID: <502@dpscg1.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 89 15:12:10 GMT References: <501@dpscg1.UUCP> Organization: Defense Personnel Suport Center, Philadelphia Lines: 9 matchlines = 0 while ( getline < "temp.data" > 0) { input[matchlines] = $0 system("head -5 < tale.data > tale.hdr") print $0 >> tale.hdr system("tail -29 < tale.data >> tale.hdr") system("sprint tale.hdr") matchlines++ }