Hi,

I have a script called ./assign3.exe , when run it asks for the length and width of a rectangle. I have created a file named "in file" to have the following contents : 30.0 40.0 . This file predefines length and width. when I run it I get the following : (which is correct), but what I need to do is write the output to a file called outfile. - How do I do this using the script below?

Thanks!

plnorris@CIS606:~$ ./assign3.exe < infile

Program to calculate the area of a rectangle
Please Enter the Length:
Please Enter the Width:
Length= 30.000000 Width= 40.000000 Area= 1200.000000

You could simply redirect the output with >.

I tried that and do not think it wrote anything to the output file (out file)

plnorris@CIS606:~$ ./assign3.exe < infile > outfile
plnorris@CIS606:~$ ls outfile
outfile
plnorris@CIS606:~$

ls only shows the directory listing, which confirms the file is there. Try cat outfile to see what it contains.

looks like it does not contain anything. Just to confirm i ran cat in file as well..

plnorris@CIS606:~$ cat outfile
plnorris@CIS606:~$ cat infile

Program to calculate the area of a rectangle
Please Enter the Length:
Please Enter the Width:
Length= 0.000000 Width= 0.000000 Area= 0.000000
plnorris@CIS606:~$

Looks like you somehow got the filenames (or the redirect symbols) mixed up, as "infile" seems to contain the output from the script.

here is what I am trying to accomplish :

1. create a file named in file that contains the numbers 30.0 and 40.0

2. execute the ./assign3.exe program with its input coming from the in file ( meaning the program asks for length and width) and the output going to a file called out file.

---------- Post added 04-30-14 at 10:04 PM ----------

sorry create a file named infile

Running the script with stdin and stdout redirected will do that:You can also perform the redirection inside the script. In that case, use > to write the first line to "outfile" (it will overwrite the file if it exists), and then use >> if you wish to add further data to the file: