Merge multiple files into one with a specific format

[GiovanniC]

Hi folks,

I've got one of those "merge files" question. What I have is literally thousands of files, each containing a text string (lets call it "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"; "YYYYYYY" etc). The string may be on one or more lines in the file. Each file has a different file name, and all files are contained within a single directory.

The contents of the merged file needs to have the following format (the '>' sign is important):


>FileName1
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>FileName2
YYYYYYYYYYY
>FileName3
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>FileName4
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Any suggestions for a quick and easy merge?

Giovanni

 

[xmb]

awk '{ if (last != FILENAME) { print FILENAME; last = FILENAME }; gsub(/[": ]/, ""); print }' *

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[GiovanniC]

Hi xmb,

Thanks for that quick response. It does what I want it to do.

Cheers,

Giovanni