How to move N lines from one file to another
I want to download multiple files, so I decided to create 4 text files that are handled with a script.
toDownload.txt | this file will hold a list of links to download.
inQueue.txt | the files currently downloading will move here and if failed we can continue later using wget -c flag.
downloaded.txt | this file will hold file links that have finished downloading.
failed.txt | this file will hold links that failed to start downloading for example if the URL returns 404.
how can I move the first x number of links from a file and move it to another file?
16.04 server cron wget
asked Dec 29 '18 at 14:30
Abdellah ChadidiAbdellah Chadidi
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I want to download multiple files, so I decided to create 4 text files that are handled with a script.
toDownload.txt | this file will hold a list of links to download.
inQueue.txt | the files currently downloading will move here and if failed we can continue later using wget -c flag.
downloaded.txt | this file will hold file links that have finished downloading.
failed.txt | this file will hold links that failed to start downloading for example if the URL returns 404.
how can I move the first x number of links from a file and move it to another file?
16.04 server cron wget
asked Dec 29 '18 at 14:30
Abdellah ChadidiAbdellah Chadidi
83
@PerlDuck thanks for your suggestion, I have updated the title.
– Abdellah Chadidi
Dec 29 '18 at 16:59
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I want to download multiple files, so I decided to create 4 text files that are handled with a script.
toDownload.txt | this file will hold a list of links to download.
inQueue.txt | the files currently downloading will move here and if failed we can continue later using wget -c flag.
downloaded.txt | this file will hold file links that have finished downloading.
failed.txt | this file will hold links that failed to start downloading for example if the URL returns 404.
how can I move the first x number of links from a file and move it to another file?
16.04 server cron wget
asked Dec 29 '18 at 14:30
Abdellah ChadidiAbdellah Chadidi
83
I want to download multiple files, so I decided to create 4 text files that are handled with a script.
toDownload.txt | this file will hold a list of links to download.
inQueue.txt | the files currently downloading will move here and if failed we can continue later using wget -c flag.
downloaded.txt | this file will hold file links that have finished downloading.
failed.txt | this file will hold links that failed to start downloading for example if the URL returns 404.
how can I move the first x number of links from a file and move it to another file?
16.04 server cron wget
16.04 server cron wget
asked Dec 29 '18 at 14:30
Abdellah ChadidiAbdellah Chadidi
83
asked Dec 29 '18 at 14:30
Abdellah ChadidiAbdellah Chadidi
83
edited Dec 29 '18 at 16:58
Abdellah Chadidi
asked Dec 29 '18 at 14:30
Abdellah ChadidiAbdellah Chadidi
83
asked Dec 29 '18 at 14:30
Abdellah ChadidiAbdellah Chadidi
83
asked Dec 29 '18 at 14:30
Abdellah ChadidiAbdellah Chadidi
83
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@PerlDuck thanks for your suggestion, I have updated the title.
– Abdellah Chadidi
Dec 29 '18 at 16:59
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@PerlDuck thanks for your suggestion, I have updated the title.
– Abdellah Chadidi
Dec 29 '18 at 16:59
@PerlDuck thanks for your suggestion, I have updated the title.
– Abdellah Chadidi
Dec 29 '18 at 16:59
@PerlDuck thanks for your suggestion, I have updated the title.
– Abdellah Chadidi
Dec 29 '18 at 16:59
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#!/bin/sh
lines=3
head -n $lines file1.txt >> file2.txt
sed -i -e "1,$lines d" file1.txt
This will append the first three lines from file1.txt to file2.txt
and then delete the lines 1…3 from file1.txt effectively
moving the first 3 lines from file1.txt to the end of file2.txt.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 14:55
PerlDuckPerlDuck
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#!/bin/sh
lines=3
head -n $lines file1.txt >> file2.txt
sed -i -e "1,$lines d" file1.txt
This will append the first three lines from file1.txt to file2.txt
and then delete the lines 1…3 from file1.txt effectively
moving the first 3 lines from file1.txt to the end of file2.txt.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 14:55
PerlDuckPerlDuck
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#!/bin/sh
lines=3
head -n $lines file1.txt >> file2.txt
sed -i -e "1,$lines d" file1.txt
This will append the first three lines from file1.txt to file2.txt
and then delete the lines 1…3 from file1.txt effectively
moving the first 3 lines from file1.txt to the end of file2.txt.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 14:55
PerlDuckPerlDuck
5,90711333
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#!/bin/sh
lines=3
head -n $lines file1.txt >> file2.txt
sed -i -e "1,$lines d" file1.txt
This will append the first three lines from file1.txt to file2.txt
and then delete the lines 1…3 from file1.txt effectively
moving the first 3 lines from file1.txt to the end of file2.txt.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 14:55
PerlDuckPerlDuck
5,90711333
#!/bin/sh
lines=3
head -n $lines file1.txt >> file2.txt
sed -i -e "1,$lines d" file1.txt
This will append the first three lines from file1.txt to file2.txt
and then delete the lines 1…3 from file1.txt effectively
moving the first 3 lines from file1.txt to the end of file2.txt.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 14:55
PerlDuckPerlDuck
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answered Dec 29 '18 at 14:55
PerlDuckPerlDuck
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answered Dec 29 '18 at 14:55
PerlDuckPerlDuck
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@PerlDuck thanks for your suggestion, I have updated the title.
– Abdellah Chadidi
Dec 29 '18 at 16:59