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Reputation: 13467

Print files in one line in cat/column environment

I need to print a list of files in one line in cat/column environment. The problem is -- it prints in multiple lines:

#!/bin/bash

Files=`ls ~/`

echo $Files # prints in one line as I want. But I have to do it inside cat/column:

# prints files in column -- despite column separator is &:
cat << EO | column -s\& -t

$Files

EO

Upvotes: 0

Views: 798

Answers (1)

P.P
P.P

Reputation: 121357

You can achieve the same effect without cat:

echo $Files | column -s\& -t

This won't give the problem that cat does.

For that input have given in the link:

    column -s\& -t <(echo "  -a, --all & apply the sed script to files in current dir and subdirs
-d, --dirs & apply the sed script to first-level-dir names
-f, --file & apply the sed script to a given file. It is a single command, but the script keep You from getting into manuals
-h, --help & show this output
-s, --script & the sed script to be used (currently: `ls $(dirname $0)/scripts`)
-v, --version & show version information
-I, --noi & overwrite existing files")

would work.

Upvotes: 2

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