how to separate the even and odd number generated from one
file to two separate file i.e. even numbers in file1.txt and
odd numbers in file2.txt

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how to separate the even and odd number generated from one file to two separate file i.e. even numb..

Answer / roshini

echo enter filename
read file
for n in `cat $file`
do
i=`expr $n % 2`
if [ $i -eq 0 ]
then
echo $n>>even.txt
else
echo $n>>odd.txt
fi
done

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how to separate the even and odd number generated from one file to two separate file i.e. even numb..

Answer / jaya prasad

echo "Enter the file name"
read file
awk '$NF % 2 == 0' $file > file1.txt
awk '$NF % 2 != 0' $file > file2.txt

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how to separate the even and odd number generated from one file to two separate file i.e. even numb..

Answer / ganeswar bojanapu

#!/bin/bash
echo "Enter a file name"
read file
sed -n '1~2'p $file > oddlines.txt; (or) '1~2p'
sed -n '2~2'p $file > evenlines.txt (or) '2~2p'

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how to separate the even and odd number generated from one file to two separate file i.e. even numb..

Answer / rahul

Can someon just use only one line script if we already knew the file name

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